-Caveat Lector- : ------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hating 'Hate Crime' Legislation : Zoh Hieronimus : Feb. 21, 2001 : As a national radio broadcaster, I have had the opportunity to interview : thousands of wonderful guests on thousands of topics over the past 15 years. : I often find myself sharing facts and information as much as 10 years before : it becomes mainstream. But more often the case, within five years to a year : of my air work, someone else brings what I have represented into the : mainstream press. : A recent release sent out by the Libertarian Party was one such case of what : my audience has come to call the "Zoh was right syndrome." "Shocking FBI : study: Blacks are more likely to be arrested for Hate Crimes," declared the : title of a Libertarian Party press release, (www.lp.org). : During Bill Clinton's presidency, "hate crime" legislation was presented to : the American people, and particularly to minorities, as being a tool to : protect them from those awful horrible people who would commit crimes : against them for no other reason than the color of their skin, their sexual : practices or other gender or religious affiliations. Attitudinal intolerance : exhibited by any person committing a real crime, offensive to the thought : police in the neo-fascist "liberal" political forums, became the federal : legislation's target. : I explained to my audiences for years that in fact the hate crime : legislation was merely a vehicle to federalize not only petty crimes but all : state crimes, which would result in much harsher sentences for some people, : who after being accused of a crime could also be penalized severely for : their thinking. The legislation itself was and is an unconstitutional : initiative. Uniformity in the application of law is fundamental to our : system of government. : I also made clear that as a form of lawless discrimination, facilitated by : the federal government and enabled by our states, that this was another : example of the federal government's war against the citizens of the states. : That in fact, while people such as Bill Clinton, Jesse Jackson and gang were : out banging the sidewalk (and evidently a few ladies as well) for support of : this great "I feel your pain" initiative, I reminded my audience that by : supporting such legislation they were condemning certain Americans to : illegal sentences in federal facilities, and graver punishments than the law : required for the very same crimes committed in each state. : One didn't need to be a genius to see that not only was this another act of : aggression by the feds under the guise of humanitarianism for the poor, the : underclass, and for all sexual behavior, but that it was typical of the : Clinton administration and much of national socialism historically. To : advance support for the lawless actions by the State, with a big "S," one : must dress up crude government-sponsored criminal conduct as a step toward : making life better for all Americans. In fact, they were purposefully : looting us of our equality under the law. : Just as the uniform Bill of Rights has been traded in for situational civil : rights, forfeiting equality for inequity, hate crimes demonstrate just how : much the federal government seeks to eliminate the right of citizens of the : states to have equality under the law. How the media enable this perpetual : assault on our constitutional rule of law is fundamental to the progressive : success at undermining equality, rather than advancing it. : As the Libertarian Party, of which I am a member, revealed, a recent FBI : study proved my point, "that blacks are proportionally one-and-a-half times : more likely to be arrested for hate crimes against whites than vice versa." : The FBI's Hate Crime Statistics report for 1999, a part of the agency's : annual Uniform Crime Report, which gathered data from law enforcement : agencies nationwide, reported that 2,030 whites were arrested for hate : crimes against blacks, while 524 African-Americans were arrested for such : crimes against whites. : "Adjusting for the fact," stated Dasbach, "that blacks make up only 13% of : the population, blacks were statistically one-and-a-half times more likely : than whites to face prosecution for hate crimes." In addition, as I : maintained from the very start of this initiative in 1992, it would as : likely be used against black-on-black crimes, having observed for 20 years : the pattern of the drug war, which has resulted in a disproportionate arrest : and incarceration of minority populations, including women. : One of the tools used by the federal government to strip us of our God-given : and constitutionally defined rights has been to federalize and now : internationalize as much crime as possible, giving the federal government : greater control over the entire American and prison populations and our : conduct. : What this means is that crimes such as petty theft or vandalism can be : potentially treated with greater penalties if the court can allege hatred or : intolerance in the heart of the perpetrator. The fact is, the law must be : the same for all people, not some of the people some of the time. : The FBI also reported that 87 African-Americans were arrested in 1999 for : hate crimes against other blacks, meaning among same-race crimes, some : Americans face heightened jail terms because of politically or personally : originated prejudices, not because of the crime committed. This too is : blatantly an unconstitutional justification for application of these laws. : What this all boils down to is that Americans should oppose federal : discrimination in the application of law and judgments. A crime against : persons or their property is what must be adjudicated, not some effort to : guess or prove the feelings held by those committing the crimes. The only : segment of our society who has gained from the hate crime legislation is the : federal government's imprisonment racket, its private contractors and its : covert operatives constantly working to polarize and destabilize our : communities, as well as benefit by a growing prision labor system for : corporate profit. : Society is not more just because of Clinton's hate crime initiative; people : are not more equal, quite the reverse. Hate crime legislation and its : enforcement has assured us of more injustice rather more justice. Now you : know why I hated the hate crime legislation, and why I was right to : encourage everyone's opposition to it. : http://www.newsmax.com/commentarchive.shtml?a=2001/2/21/210147 <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! 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