MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hate crimes'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:28:31 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921389&cid=t_105445_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVCGzljbsd4E%2F By Tim LynchHappy Birthday to my friend and Cato senior fellow Nat Hentoff.  He’s 86, but he continues to crank out columns and books on everything from censorship, torture, and the Fourth Amendment’s ban on unreasonable searches, to his passionate love of jazz.  He sat down for a taped interview last month where he offered his views on current threats to free speech and his personal encounters with John Yoo and, way back in the 1950s, with Che Guevara. Check out his books here. Happy Birthday Nat Hentoff is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921389 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:17:07 +0100 4921389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3648616&cid=t_105445_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F10%2Fthe-situation-of-hate-crimes%2F Here is another segment from John Quinones excellent ABC 20/20 series titled “What Would You Do?” — a series that, in essence, conducts situationist experiments through hidden-camera scenarios. This episode asks, “what would you do if you witnessed a hate crime?” (and includes analysis from social psychologist John Dovidio). * * * * * * To review a sample of related Situationist posts, see “Jena 6 – Part I,” “The Situation of Racism in LA Gangs,” “Racial bias clouds ability to feel others’ pain,” “An Apathy Epidemic,” “The Situation of Blaming Rihanna,” “Situationist Theories of Hate – Part III,” “Obesity and Bullying,” “Hoyas, Hos, & Gangstas,” “Unrec... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3648616 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:01:45 +0100 3648616 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3287941&cid=t_105445_133_f&fid=35128&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthiswayoflife.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D433 As most of my readers probably know, the US congress passed a hate crimes law late last year that covered violent crimes against five groups of victims: people victimized on the basis of sexual orientation, religion, national origin, gender/gender-identity, and, most relevant to this blog, disability (it also covers crimes against people perceived to be in these classes by the attackers and crimes against military servicemen). It also does some other things, like pay a bit to local law enforcement for prosecuting hate crimes and establishing new categories for the FBI to track hate crimes as part of their statistics on crime. (The rest of this post is likely US-centric, due to the nature of this law) What it does not do is limit anyone’s speech. In fact, the law specifically says two... NTs Are Weird blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3287941 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:41:19 +0100 3287941 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2946891&cid=t_105445_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Ftfa4F3zb0io%2F Law professors James Jacobs and Kimberly Potter make an interesting point: Laws do not spring forth from a groundswell of public opinion, but rather are the product of lobbying by interested (”interest”) groups that must mobilize support among politicians.  The hate crime laws are passed because of the lobbying efforts of organizations that advocate on behalf of blacks, Jews, gays, and lesbians, a few other ethnic and nationality groups, and in some cases, women. …Regardless of what it accomplishes, the passage of legislation boosts morale and the status of the organizations and their constituencies. That’s from their excellent book on the subject, Hate Crimes: Criminal Law and Identity Politics (Oxford University Press, 1998), p. 66.  If liberals write laws to ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2946891 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:01:42 +0100 2946891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2920161&cid=t_105445_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FBKljAOERYaE%2F The Senate is about to vote on Defense Department funding with an expanded federal “hate crimes” bill. This well-intentioned piece of legislation threatens to make violations of the fundamental right against Double Jeopardy a routine practice, as federal courts will now have the power to re-prosecute defendants for what are traditionally state crimes. The House removed language that the Senate put in place to ensure that the “hate crimes” provisions did not stretch to encompass free speech, threatening to attach criminal liability to core rights of free expression. This expansion of federal jurisdiction guarantees that high profile cases will be retried until a guilty verdict is obtained to satisfy political factions. This politicization of justice will only harm ou... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2920161 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:26:57 +0100 2920161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876011&cid=t_105445_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2fOmAu13ijY%2F Last night, the House of Representatives approved a defense spending measure that included a totally unrelated bill that would ban so-called “hate crimes.”  I’ve testified twice against federal hate crimes proposals.  Here’s the case against the law (in brief): First, the federal hate crime law is unconstitutional because it is beyond the powers of Congress.  Second, the law will not prevent violent crime.  Anyone already inclined to kill or beat up another human being is not going to reverse course because Congress passes a new law against violence motivated by bias.  Third, the law does take the state too close to the realm of thought crimes.  In order for a prosecutor to prove the “hate” aspect, detectives have to dig into a person’s life,... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2876011 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:44:30 +0100 2876011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2605941&cid=t_105445_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F7mNZfNFQ8is%2F Unsure about prospects on passing the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act as a stand-alone bill, proponents intend to attach it as an amendment to the Department of Defense Authorization bill. As I have said previously, this bill is an affront to federalism and counterproductive hater-aid. Federal Criminal Law Power Grab This legislation awards grants to jurisdictions for the purpose of combating hate crimes. It also creates a substantive federal crime of violent acts motivated by the “actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of any person.” This is a federalization of a huge number of intrastate crimes. It is hard to imagine a rape case where the sex of the victim is not an issue. The same goes for r... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2605941 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:43:24 +0100 2605941 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2561206&cid=t_105445_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F9oyADo3qUv4%2F Last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings (video at the link) on the proposed federal hate crimes bill showed the dark underbelly of the Senate. The road to undermining the rule of law is being paved with the best of intentions and casual disregard (if not outright hostility) for the principles of limited government and equality under the law. I raise some objections to the bill in this podcast: The bill federalizes violent acts against victims by reason of their actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Never mind that these acts are already prosecuted by the states, and that violent crimes of this nature are universally perceived as an affront to justice. Matthew Shepard, the gay man brutally kille... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2561206 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:21:22 +0100 2561206 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512482&cid=t_105445_133_f&fid=35128&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthiswayoflife.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D379 This has been late in coming, but that’s in large part because I wanted it to be a considered post, not an impulsive one. Officer Johns and the millions of people affected by the holocaust deserve that. On June 10th, Officer Johns was at his post at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. It’s a sad testament to the state of the world that, at a museum dedicated to proclaiming the horrors of hate, that a guard would even be needed. But, sadly, guards are needed there. Spotting a visitor whom he thought needed assistance opening the door, Officer Johns unknowingly opened the door for his killer. The killer (this blog’s policy has long been to not deem people committing murder to be worth of a name, but rather place emphasis on remembering the victim) shot Officer John... NTs Are Weird blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512482 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:15:42 +0100 2512482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441606&cid=t_105445_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F27%2Fthe-situation-of-racism-in-la-gangs%2F Thomas Watkins and Christina Hoag of the Associated Press have an interesting piece on the role of racism in LA gangs.  We excerpt it below. * * * In dueling newspaper opinion pieces last year, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca maintained that race fueled gang violence while Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton said skin color was seldom a factor. “If you do a survey within the African-American community . . . you are in constant fear that your young male offspring is going to be killed because of the color of his skin,” Baca said in an interview after his piece appeared in the Los Angeles Times. * * * Baca, an elected official, says his opinion comes from running the county jail system where he has to segregate inmates because of gang affiliations that break along racia... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441606 Wed, 27 May 2009 16:55:05 +0100 2441606 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405020&cid=t_105445_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAnqYnHgMcgM%2F With the support of President Obama, so-called “hate crime” legislation is on the move in Congress. According to Cato senior fellow Nat Hentoff, laws that punish one time for the crime and another time for the hate violate the First Amendment, the 14th Amendment and protections against Double Jeopardy. In April, Hentoff spoke at the Cato Policy Perspectives seminar in New York City about the current expansion of hate crime legislation. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405020 Thu, 14 May 2009 20:17:49 +0100 2405020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2381445&cid=t_105445_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F01%2Fjudy-shepard-rejects-rep-foxxs-apology%2F It would be easier for North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx to drive a school bus through a subway turnstile than to try and explain herself via an attempted apology. Appearing on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show, the mother of Mathew Shepard, Judy, said the Congresswoman was apologizing for semantics, not the sentiments expressed. The bill ultimately approved [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2381445 Fri, 01 May 2009 07:09:11 +0100 2381445 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1754778&cid=t_105445_133_f&fid=35128&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthiswayoflife.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D335 On a list I’m on, there’s a lot of talk about how to respond to hate speech. As many readers know, what one would think is a non-controversial idea - that autistics have a right to enjoy life, communicate their experiences, be free from cruel or unusual “treatment”, and be treated as full members of the human race (not lesser or partial beings) - is in fact quite controversial to some. We’ve been called sub-human, empty shells, and damaged. We’ve been told that it would be a better world if people like us did not exist, and even that it would be more human to murder us before we “knew what was going on”. This is hate speech, plain and simple, and must not be tolerated. But there are tons of ways of responding. The responses need to vary with ... NTs Are Weird blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1754778 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:24:24 +0100 1754778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=918034&cid=t_105445_133_f&fid=35128&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthiswayoflife.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D252 A man who is suspected of being a guard at a Nazi concentration camp has been found by US officials in Atlanta, GA. Despite the fact that the things he is accused of doing occurred 65 years ago, it’s still very important - vital in fact - that human rights abusers face justice. It’s not a matter of revenge or preventing them from harming others, neither of which is likely to be served by picking up senior citizen Nazis. Instead, it’s about justice - and respect for the millions who died because men like this man refused to stand up to a system, and, in fact, joined that system. It is for the victims, both living and dead, that we must seek justice. We must never forget. The consequences of forgetting this history, failing to seek justice…it’s something that mu... NTs Are Weird blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=918034 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:08:53 +0100 918034 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=773364&cid=t_105445_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fnc-senate-waters-down-school-bullying.html I just received this note from Equality NC. The NC Senate has removed the list of protected categories from the School Bullying Prevention Act. This is a critical part of the Bill to ensure protection for the most vulnerable students in primary and secondary schools in North Carolina. We need your quick action to help preserve the inclusive nature of the bill as passed in the NC House.RonFirst the good news. The School Violence Prevention Act is finally moving through the Senate!Now, the reason I need your help. The Senate's version of the bill removes the list of categories of students most impacted by bullying and harassment, including sexual orientation and gender identity. We need the House to vote NOT TO CONCUR with the Senate version, so a conference committee can work out the differ... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=773364 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:27:00 +0100 773364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=728458&cid=t_105445_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fnews-round-up-11-july-2007.html US House Keeps Cheney Budget IntactYesterday, I was heartened to hear that a bill had been introduced in the US House to cut off funding for the Office of Vice-President Dick Cheney. This bill was introduced in response to the Vice President's legal efforts to avoid providing documentation and details of his activities to House oversight. The apparent secrecy of this administration is unprecedented in my lifetime and I lived through the Watergate scandal and the Nixon administration. I had hoped that his bill would succeed in bringing the Vice President into line to recognize that he and his office are not above the law. Sadly, the bill was narrowly defeated today.URGENT: Please call your Senators to support Senate Bill 1105, the Matthew Shepard ActFrom the Human Right Campaign:Today Sen. ... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=728458 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:05:00 +0100 728458 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=690032&cid=t_105445_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fhate-crimes-human-rights-campaign-and.html You've got to watch this video. It was produced for Cyndi Lauper's True Colors tour this summer, and it's a pretty amazing testament to one of most heartbreaking problems in our country today. Thousands of people are attacked every year because of their sexual orientation, and there's still no federal hate crimes law to protect them. It would mean a lot to me if you could take a minute to watch the video and write your Senators. Feel free to share this link with your friends.If you would like to learn more, please visit the Human Rights Campaign website.Categories: homophobia intolerance hate+crimes Human+Rights+Campaign+Fund Cyndi+Lauper Fight+Hate (Source: 2sides2ron) 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=690032 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:51:00 +0100 690032 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=488324&cid=t_105445_133_f&fid=35128&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthiswayoflife.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D132 I report abuses of autistic people in a few different places, as I become aware of them. (For instance, LiveJournal Autistic Abuse Community) I try to be fair, and try to minimize any editorial comments about the abuse, as I think it is really important to not make abuse reporting into a political game. Some people still see my reports (mostly linking to news reports) as political. I’ve been accused of being anti-parent. Usually what happens is several abuses (or murders, in the worst cases) occur at the hands of parents. I report on each of these, as I think they are worth mentioning in the context of the abuses autistic people face. I don’t report on these because I hate parents, think parents are all abusers, or anything else. I certainly don’t ignore other abuses to r... NTs Are Weird blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=488324 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:00:32 +0100 488324