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Macaroo wrote:And if people started carrying signs saying, "God hates people who say God hates fags", would they arrest them, too?
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Macaroo wrote: And if people started carrying signs saying, "God hates people who say God hates fags", would they arrest them, too?
It turns out we can tell hate speech from sarcasm.
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I think picketing at funerals could ultimately cause more funerals.
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clint55 wrote:Hey, Don't hack my post. It's snot Kosher
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Macaroo wrote: Of course it's sarcasm; especially coming from me. The principle, however, is the same isn't it? And I'm pretty sure a decent lawyer could make hash of any resulting prosecution for either "hate crime" using the same defense.
Turns out the courts know what sarcasm is too.
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Erasmus wrote: I think we can start with "God hates". The deepest essence of Christianity, as I understand it, regardless of all the theological claptrap is that God Loves, more than that, 'God' is Love, not just some Big Bug Spirit in the sky that 'does' Love - 'God' and 'Love' are synonymous terms (or for the Greek translated Love you could substitute Respect). That is what every Christian church I am familiar with preaches, however bizarre their interpretation of it to escape the real implications of taking it literally.It is certainly not what Westboro and similar preach - their God is good old Stomping Jehovah cursing "Yea unto the Seventh Generation" for not grovelling to sing his praises enough, "a jealous god". Though they have been confused over time, their understanding of a 'God' is better known as The Devil traditionally confused with "God's prosecuting attorney, Satan"
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