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	<title>Comments on: Amish Leader, 15 Others Convicted of Hate Crimes in Beard-Cuttings</title>
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		<title>By: aadila</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/20/amish-leader-15-others-convicted-of-hate-crimes-in-beard-cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-649974</link>
		<dc:creator>aadila</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aron&#039;s right. We aren&#039;t particularly fond of anyone.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aron&#8217;s right. We aren&#8217;t particularly fond of anyone.</p>
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		<title>By: Aron</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/20/amish-leader-15-others-convicted-of-hate-crimes-in-beard-cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-648482</link>
		<dc:creator>Aron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johnny, as I am certain you are nothing more than a hit-and-runner, I will simply explain that while we do not hate anyone, per se, we certainly aren&#039;t particularly fond of them.

And Ezra is a troll, plain and simple. Much like yourself.

(I eagerly await the worn-out praise of my fellow liberals for this post. I&#039;ll be here all week.)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Johnny, as I am certain you are nothing more than a hit-and-runner, I will simply explain that while we do not hate anyone, per se, we certainly aren&#8217;t particularly fond of them.</p>
<p>And Ezra is a troll, plain and simple. Much like yourself.</p>
<p>(I eagerly await the worn-out praise of my fellow liberals for this post. I&#8217;ll be here all week.)</p>
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		<title>By: Johnny America</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/20/amish-leader-15-others-convicted-of-hate-crimes-in-beard-cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-646964</link>
		<dc:creator>Johnny America</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What I find absolutely amusing, is how the self-proclaimed intellectuals spew hate posts at the supposed hate posters.  Ironic.  Try setting an example Gregory, Mitch, etc. Hating those who have different opinions than yours doesn&#039;t solve the problem, and if you think coasting along with the politically correct makes you somehow superior to Ezra or the likes, then you are sadly mistaken. At least Ezra has the courage to stand on his own and voice an opinion that may not garner worn out liberal praise.  Ezra, I&#039;m not afraid to recognize your valid points.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What I find absolutely amusing, is how the self-proclaimed intellectuals spew hate posts at the supposed hate posters.  Ironic.  Try setting an example Gregory, Mitch, etc. Hating those who have different opinions than yours doesn&#8217;t solve the problem, and if you think coasting along with the politically correct makes you somehow superior to Ezra or the likes, then you are sadly mistaken. At least Ezra has the courage to stand on his own and voice an opinion that may not garner worn out liberal praise.  Ezra, I&#8217;m not afraid to recognize your valid points.</p>
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		<title>By: aadila</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/20/amish-leader-15-others-convicted-of-hate-crimes-in-beard-cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-633648</link>
		<dc:creator>aadila</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adamhill seems right. But I suggest Annie is an attention seeker. Probably he was forced to comply with harsh or strict upbringing as a child, without really developing a sense of self through being allowed to experiment and play. By making these comments (probably not fully believing them himself), it creates a comforting sense of identity from the perpetual unease of not really knowing who he is (hence the various names). 

Basically, my hypothesis, informed by an often overlooked theorist in child development named Donald Winnicott, Annie didn&#039;t really get to be a kid. So, as a young adult, he&#039;s playing here by insulting others and his reward for this is what he got as a child: negative attention, but attention of some form. This provides a sense of self, which extremely soothing to Annie/Ezra/Jason. 

We should have compassion for him. Perhaps this message will sink in and provide a ray of hope. As Leonard Cohen sang, &quot;everything has a crack in it, that&#039;s how the light gets in.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Adamhill seems right. But I suggest Annie is an attention seeker. Probably he was forced to comply with harsh or strict upbringing as a child, without really developing a sense of self through being allowed to experiment and play. By making these comments (probably not fully believing them himself), it creates a comforting sense of identity from the perpetual unease of not really knowing who he is (hence the various names). </p>
<p>Basically, my hypothesis, informed by an often overlooked theorist in child development named Donald Winnicott, Annie didn&#8217;t really get to be a kid. So, as a young adult, he&#8217;s playing here by insulting others and his reward for this is what he got as a child: negative attention, but attention of some form. This provides a sense of self, which extremely soothing to Annie/Ezra/Jason. </p>
<p>We should have compassion for him. Perhaps this message will sink in and provide a ray of hope. As Leonard Cohen sang, &#8220;everything has a crack in it, that&#8217;s how the light gets in.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: adamhill</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/20/amish-leader-15-others-convicted-of-hate-crimes-in-beard-cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-629083</link>
		<dc:creator>adamhill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ezra,

Either you actually know what the term &quot;hate crime&quot; really means but are feigning stupidity in a feeble attempt to further your W.N. agenda, or you actually believe the definition you are putting forth (larded with the usual false equivalencies and gibberish about media conspiracies from &quot;the Left&quot;) and are in fact stupid. In either case, you&#039;re not worth taking seriously.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ezra,</p>
<p>Either you actually know what the term &#8220;hate crime&#8221; really means but are feigning stupidity in a feeble attempt to further your W.N. agenda, or you actually believe the definition you are putting forth (larded with the usual false equivalencies and gibberish about media conspiracies from &#8220;the Left&#8221;) and are in fact stupid. In either case, you&#8217;re not worth taking seriously.</p>
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		<title>By: Kiwiwriter</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/20/amish-leader-15-others-convicted-of-hate-crimes-in-beard-cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-626275</link>
		<dc:creator>Kiwiwriter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annie/Jason Smith/Ezra Mead is back again!

Complete with yet another sex change…here strictly to derail the discussion!

So, Annie/Jason/Ezra…do tell us how the Holocaust never happened!

Then tell us how the Russian people greeted their Nazi invaders with flowers!

Then tell us how Norman Rockwell sided with Hitler!

Then show us your proof that the white man is superior to the black man!

And tell us again how you’ll prove it to us, only if we pay you vast sums of money, showing that you’re into neo-Nazism and junior Fascism for that noblest of purposes…the money!

Then you can give us citations and evidence for all these wacky ideas!

Until then, the tumbrels await for you!

See? I don’t even have to think in dealing with you! I can just cut-and-paste!

But he&#039;s not as crazy as Bungalow Boob. He was fun.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Annie/Jason Smith/Ezra Mead is back again!</p>
<p>Complete with yet another sex change…here strictly to derail the discussion!</p>
<p>So, Annie/Jason/Ezra…do tell us how the Holocaust never happened!</p>
<p>Then tell us how the Russian people greeted their Nazi invaders with flowers!</p>
<p>Then tell us how Norman Rockwell sided with Hitler!</p>
<p>Then show us your proof that the white man is superior to the black man!</p>
<p>And tell us again how you’ll prove it to us, only if we pay you vast sums of money, showing that you’re into neo-Nazism and junior Fascism for that noblest of purposes…the money!</p>
<p>Then you can give us citations and evidence for all these wacky ideas!</p>
<p>Until then, the tumbrels await for you!</p>
<p>See? I don’t even have to think in dealing with you! I can just cut-and-paste!</p>
<p>But he&#8217;s not as crazy as Bungalow Boob. He was fun.</p>
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		<title>By: Gregory</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/20/amish-leader-15-others-convicted-of-hate-crimes-in-beard-cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-624592</link>
		<dc:creator>Gregory</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until &quot;Willful Idiocy While Online&quot; becomes a crime then JasonSmithAnnieEzra_mead et. al. have nothing to worry about.

It is a tribute to the siteowners and moderators that they let you post the same shit with monotonous regularity. I assume they do this so that newcomers to the site can gawk at the utter stupidity of racist scumbags, an intellectual freak show if you will.

Speaking of monotony, it has been at least three weeks since you have repeated some of the claims made in your post. That must be a new record for the Cut and Paste Brigade.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Until &#8220;Willful Idiocy While Online&#8221; becomes a crime then JasonSmithAnnieEzra_mead et. al. have nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>It is a tribute to the siteowners and moderators that they let you post the same shit with monotonous regularity. I assume they do this so that newcomers to the site can gawk at the utter stupidity of racist scumbags, an intellectual freak show if you will.</p>
<p>Speaking of monotony, it has been at least three weeks since you have repeated some of the claims made in your post. That must be a new record for the Cut and Paste Brigade.</p>
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		<title>By: Mitch Beales</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/20/amish-leader-15-others-convicted-of-hate-crimes-in-beard-cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-624272</link>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Beales</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ezra_mead instead of ranting about something you know nothing about why don&#039;t you actually read some hate crime laws and see how hate crimes are defined?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ezra_mead instead of ranting about something you know nothing about why don&#8217;t you actually read some hate crime laws and see how hate crimes are defined?</p>
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		<title>By: Aron</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/20/amish-leader-15-others-convicted-of-hate-crimes-in-beard-cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-624091</link>
		<dc:creator>Aron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ezra my friend, you forgot to quote either the Fourteen Words or The Credo.

You&#039;re close, because you mentioned a &#039;code phrase,&#039; but you could have made that post SO MUCH CRAZIER.

Just ask my other good friends Annie* and BungaloBill.

They know crazy.

*Otherwise known as YOU]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ezra my friend, you forgot to quote either the Fourteen Words or The Credo.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re close, because you mentioned a &#8216;code phrase,&#8217; but you could have made that post SO MUCH CRAZIER.</p>
<p>Just ask my other good friends Annie* and BungaloBill.</p>
<p>They know crazy.</p>
<p>*Otherwise known as YOU</p>
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		<title>By: Ezra_mead</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/20/amish-leader-15-others-convicted-of-hate-crimes-in-beard-cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-623605</link>
		<dc:creator>Ezra_mead</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is stupid.  Isn&#039;t every violent act a &quot;hate crime&quot;?  A criminal must have hateful emotions in his head while committing the act otherwise he wouldn&#039;t do it.  

&quot;Hate crime&quot; charges are wrong because they are applied selectively to fit political correctness.  For example, the &#039;Tinley Park Five&#039;, who attacked a group of people in a Chicago area restaurant, have not been charged with hate crimes.  No one on the Left is calling for them to be charged with hate crimes. The Left likes the idea of hate crime legislation because they use it as a weapon against their political opposition.  White leftists never get charged with hate crimes.  The phrase &quot;hate crime&quot; is a code phrase.  

Whenever Blacks attack a whites it&#039;s always referred in the media instead as a &quot;random&quot; crime, or the Blacks are called &quot;youths&quot;.  Why isn’t racial mob violence categorized as “hate”?  Blacks almost never get charged with hate crimes.  There have been many recent cases of mobs of Blacks attacking innocent whites.  The phenomenon is called &quot;wilding&quot;.  

A &quot;hate crime&quot; is like George Orwell&#039;s &quot;Thought Crime&quot;.  Next they&#039;ll pass &quot;Face Crime&quot; legislation.  If you have the wrong facial expression you could be arrested --- but only if you&#039;re white!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is stupid.  Isn&#8217;t every violent act a &#8220;hate crime&#8221;?  A criminal must have hateful emotions in his head while committing the act otherwise he wouldn&#8217;t do it.  </p>
<p>&#8220;Hate crime&#8221; charges are wrong because they are applied selectively to fit political correctness.  For example, the &#8216;Tinley Park Five&#8217;, who attacked a group of people in a Chicago area restaurant, have not been charged with hate crimes.  No one on the Left is calling for them to be charged with hate crimes. The Left likes the idea of hate crime legislation because they use it as a weapon against their political opposition.  White leftists never get charged with hate crimes.  The phrase &#8220;hate crime&#8221; is a code phrase.  </p>
<p>Whenever Blacks attack a whites it&#8217;s always referred in the media instead as a &#8220;random&#8221; crime, or the Blacks are called &#8220;youths&#8221;.  Why isn’t racial mob violence categorized as “hate”?  Blacks almost never get charged with hate crimes.  There have been many recent cases of mobs of Blacks attacking innocent whites.  The phenomenon is called &#8220;wilding&#8221;.  </p>
<p>A &#8220;hate crime&#8221; is like George Orwell&#8217;s &#8220;Thought Crime&#8221;.  Next they&#8217;ll pass &#8220;Face Crime&#8221; legislation.  If you have the wrong facial expression you could be arrested &#8212; but only if you&#8217;re white!</p>
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		<title>By: adamhill</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/20/amish-leader-15-others-convicted-of-hate-crimes-in-beard-cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-623205</link>
		<dc:creator>adamhill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe Mullet was trying to give these breakaway members mullets. Sorry.

It&#039;s good to see the Hate Crime Prevention Act continues to be enforced for this especially egregious category of crime.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe Mullet was trying to give these breakaway members mullets. Sorry.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s good to see the Hate Crime Prevention Act continues to be enforced for this especially egregious category of crime.</p>
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		<title>By: Kiwiwriter</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/20/amish-leader-15-others-convicted-of-hate-crimes-in-beard-cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-622665</link>
		<dc:creator>Kiwiwriter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You wouldn&#039;t expect the peaceful Amish to be involved in this kind of behavior, but I guess all human beings are capable of anything.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You wouldn&#8217;t expect the peaceful Amish to be involved in this kind of behavior, but I guess all human beings are capable of anything.</p>
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		<title>By: Mitch Beales</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/20/amish-leader-15-others-convicted-of-hate-crimes-in-beard-cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-622496</link>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Beales</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine no religion.  It&#039;s easy if you try.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Imagine no religion.  It&#8217;s easy if you try.</p>
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