On June 17th, a white man opened fire on church goers at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina, killing 9 worshipers. This act of terrorism, hate and total disregard for human life is unacceptable.
While over the past few months, I have posted on this blog my frustration with how the African American community has handled the various protests against the police in various cities, I have never called for retribution against any person or race. The killing of any person is just not acceptable!
I understand that there are people out there that love to bend the truth, hell we see it by professional lawyers and reporters daily, and we know it exists on the internet, most notably from religious extremest, but at no time is promoting the killing of people acceptable. That is pure hate, not religious freedom or free speech! If the internet can not police itself and remove such twisted websites that promote hate, then this is when laws must be enacted that protect people. I know it's a fine line to walk; censorship vs free speech, but when and where will we draw the line to stop this.
If web sites can exist that promote hate, maybe then they should share the screen with polar opposites. Thus having a double screen appear, one side with one point of view and the other side with the other point of view...and have it so that NO one person can cancel out the screen showing one opinion or the other...constantly showing both point of views. Maybe then, free speech can be exercised in a safe way. Maybe then, a person may choose to read the other point of view and then think for themselves about what they read. Maybe then, they will learn that there is always two sides to an issue and no one side is the absolute correct side. Maybe then people will let go of hate and begin to see the middle ground. Maybe then, we can actually see people coming together to find a resolution to the issue at hand.
I DO NOT advocate killing at any time of innocent people. War is another issue, but a pure hate crime as the one in this church is not a war!
While over the past few months, I have posted on this blog my frustration with how the African American community has handled the various protests against the police in various cities, I have never called for retribution against any person or race. The killing of any person is just not acceptable!
I understand that there are people out there that love to bend the truth, hell we see it by professional lawyers and reporters daily, and we know it exists on the internet, most notably from religious extremest, but at no time is promoting the killing of people acceptable. That is pure hate, not religious freedom or free speech! If the internet can not police itself and remove such twisted websites that promote hate, then this is when laws must be enacted that protect people. I know it's a fine line to walk; censorship vs free speech, but when and where will we draw the line to stop this.
If web sites can exist that promote hate, maybe then they should share the screen with polar opposites. Thus having a double screen appear, one side with one point of view and the other side with the other point of view...and have it so that NO one person can cancel out the screen showing one opinion or the other...constantly showing both point of views. Maybe then, free speech can be exercised in a safe way. Maybe then, a person may choose to read the other point of view and then think for themselves about what they read. Maybe then, they will learn that there is always two sides to an issue and no one side is the absolute correct side. Maybe then people will let go of hate and begin to see the middle ground. Maybe then, we can actually see people coming together to find a resolution to the issue at hand.
I DO NOT advocate killing at any time of innocent people. War is another issue, but a pure hate crime as the one in this church is not a war!
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