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Originally Posted by Rifleman
The old ignorant Injun has a right to hate Jews, and we have the right to ridicule him for his uninformed and racist opinions.
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I have a problem with that theory. There is a thread on CP regarding this guy being acquitted. I don't see the thread ridiculing his uninformed racist opinions. Had this not gone to trial and put this out there in the public forum, his opinions would have gone unchallenged. When hate speech goes unchallenged, people start buying in and hatred spreads.
So unless you have attended a rally condemning Mr. Ahenakew's statements, or written a letter to the editor or otherwise countered these racist ideas in a public forum, then we have let this go uncontested.
It puts the responsibility back on the public to condemn these things and the public is notorious for shrugging their shoulders and ignoring racism. The courts less so. If you HAVE written a letter to the editor of your local paper condemning Mr. Ahenakew's opinions, I stand corrected.