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Attorney General Calls For New Hate Crimes Laws

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June 16, 2009

Citing a recent spike in extremist violence, Attorney General Eric Holder said new hate crimes laws are needed to stop “violence masquerading as political activism.”
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'Attorney General Calls For New Hate Crimes Laws'


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  1. on June 25th, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    The Bush regime’s treasonous crimes against America also claimed to be for our own good. Holder is spewing the same fear mongering that his Republinazi colleagues have been spewing for the past 8 years, trying to justify their assaults against our liberties.

  2. Truth Monger said,

    on June 25th, 2009 at 1:59 pm

    holder is already the worst attorney general ever

  3. Ryan the non-Aryan said,

    on June 25th, 2009 at 6:56 pm

    Praise Holder!!
    What he is advocating in Congress is a wise move. We as *law abiding* Freedom loving Americans are in dire need for tougher HATECRIMES Law. To arrest and apprehend the hatemongers.

    You’re gonna go to JAIL, neo-Nazi.

    If you commit Hatecrimes against God’s people and Humanity. You’re gonna pay the high price by living with Mexicans and Blacks. There is no doubt that Obama and the Democratic Party controlled Congress will approve the expansion of the Hatecrimes Bill. Given the growing and grave threat from the far Right. It will silence and put down WN’s traitorous and un-American acts of evil. With this law, its an effective tool to wiping out the WN.
    For the safety of the American Family.

    Hail Freedom!

  4. Truth Monger said,

    on June 25th, 2009 at 9:33 pm

    Ryan the non-Aryan:

    why dont we just make tougher laws on all violent crimes and actually achieve equal justice?

  5. Ryan the non-Aryan said,

    on June 26th, 2009 at 7:28 am

    Hatemonger,

    If there is anything you don’t understand–its “equal justice”. Then again, I’m not sure why you bothered bringing up the topic when you and your kind never stood for “equal justice”. You don’t even come close.

  6. thaufeer al-deen said,

    on June 26th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    Not so fast.
    All hate sppech is not crimial, else we destroy scripture.
    Some life styles and modes of existence have through time been understood as being harmful to the society . Further, scripture directs that those who witness the scritptually-prohibited life style tooppose it-by prayer, or speech or direcrt action.
    Holder is fast becoming the Bishop of The Religion of Liberal Government-one that sees no harm in anything people say and do. Scriptural warnings are there for a purpose .Holder is foolish and arrogant to encroach wherein scripture guides.
    (Here,’Scripture; refers to aggreement to be found in the pronouncements in sacred texts). Where the sciptures agree, government should stay away

  7. Aza said,

    on June 26th, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    There is no need for more legal statutes to prosecute people for violent assaults on their fellow citizens. What difference does it make if Joe citizen kills a Bank Guard because he wants money, or if Joe hates “Jewish” banks and their guards? Joe is still a murderer and the guard just as dead.

  8. martha may said,

    on June 28th, 2009 at 12:15 pm

    I am not sure political activism and hate crimes should flow together so easily. I think Mr. Holder is talking about these 3 violent acts to promote the need for more money to go after “political activism/activists”?When cops use racial profiling to pull someone over and the cops are white the “suspect non-white” and this “free citizen” gets a beat down is that a hate crime?I think we as” citizens “should be very careful about the fine line between “political activism” and” hate crimes”. If I allow a flag to burn on my lawn is that a hate crime or my political freedom of speech?

  9. kenmier said,

    on September 2nd, 2009 at 1:40 pm

    What birth cirtificate, could this conspiricy be a mass hate crime..

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