Public meeting in Manchester with FBI etc....on possible criminal status of hurting Muslim's feelings on the internet

[subsonic]

Supposed to be tomorrow, June 4th. Here's some info if anyone down that way can make it and remind them that there's no constitutional rights regarding being offended.

 

http://patterico.com/2013/06/01/a-call-to-any-tennessee-readers-attend-the-meeting-on-how-the-feds-might-prosecute-those-who-post-inflammatory-documents-about-muslims/

 

[Guest RedLights&Sirens]

Will/does the FBI prosecute people who make comments against whites, blacks, hispanics, Jews, Christians, etc... or just Muslims?

[Guest ancient_serpent]

Hope a lot of people can make it down to protest this lunacy. 

[RED333]

Word is we(our side) have a few 100 showing up, I can not make it.

[Smith]

Having a meeting on it means that they have already decided that it will be policy. The meeting is to gauge negative response. This is a done deal IMO, once you venture off the Constitution and make law by VERY loose interpretation using policies then it is already here.

[TMF]

I think they are referring to threatening statements made on social media not general statements against the Islamic faith. Threats based on a persons faith are absolutely a civil rights violation. Whether or not we want to believe it, there are folks out there that threaten to hurt or kill a person because they worship a certain religion. The religion itself should be inconsequential when considering the crime, as in it is just as much a crime to threaten someone because they are practicing Islam as it is to threaten someone who is practicing Christianity.

The only reason folks aren't prosecuted more for threats made on social media is because they are usually 12 year old boys behind the keyboard and aren't perpetrated by serious people, yet it is still a crime.

[ted]

Will/does the FBI prosecute people who make comments against whites, blacks, hispanics, Jews, Christians, etc... or just Muslims?

found this on the net jest the other day interesting http://www.siotw.org/

[Guest PapaB]

How about a report on the meeting. What's the gist of what was said (or link to a video). How'd it go?

[nowhouc]

I was unable to attend but did find this article.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/04/embarrassing-hecklers-ruined-highly-anticipated-muslim-education-meeting-in-tennessee-comedian-jeff-allen-tells-theblaze/

[subsonic]

I saw some video from a friend on Facebook last night, extremely well attended and skeptical crowd. I would estimate a couple hundred in attendance.

[ted]

http://timesfreepress.com/news/2013/jun/05/crowd-lashes-out-at-us-attorney/

[Superman]

I think this is a good first hand review of the event.

 

https://www.facebook.com/notes/bill-hobbs/train-wreck/10151628303889486

[Raoul]

I have a t shirt that sez "Apostate". Wonder if that makes me guilty of a hate crime?