{"id":1840728,"date":"2023-02-09T08:50:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T13:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1840728"},"modified":"2023-02-09T08:51:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T13:51:27","slug":"democrats-extremist-white-supremacy-bill-would-effectively-silence-political-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-extremist-white-supremacy-bill-would-effectively-silence-political-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats\u2019 Extremist \u201cWhite Supremacy\u201d Bill Would Effectively Silence Political Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-extremist-white-supremacy-bill-would-effectively-silence-political-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1840728&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/51901543617_7a743f2f07_k.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The Leading Against White Supremacy Act 2023 was introduced by Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in January. This bill is unconstitutional and radical in its proposed form.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/61\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leading Against White Supremacy Act<\/a>\u00a0These are the goals \u201cprevent and prosecute white supremacy inspired hate crime and conspiracy to commit white supremacy inspired hate crime and to amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the scope of hate crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the bill proposal \u201cA person engages in a white supremacy inspired hate crime when white supremacy ideology has motivated the planning, development, preparation, or perpetration of actions that constituted a crime or were undertaken in furtherance of activity that, if effectuated, would have constituted a crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Jackson Lee\u2019s legislation would make any crime or an attempt to commit a crime that is arguably \u201cmotivated\u201d By white supremacy ideology, a hate crime would be considered a crime that is punishable by a more severe penalty than other crimes. \u201chate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This provision on its own is problematic. Jackson Lee doesn&#8217;t define the concept of ideologies that are deeply rooted in white supremacy, even though they are undoubtedly repugnant. \u201cwhite supremacy ideology\u201d In the bill, there are many interpretations possible that could lead to unjustified increases in legal punishments for defendants in court.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Lee\u2019s legislation doesn\u2019t stop there, however. The legislation&#8217;s most important aspect is its \u201cconspiracy\u201d It would be illegal. \u201cpublish\u201d material that inspires a crime deemed to be motivated by white supremacy \u2014 which, again, is not defined by the bill. The legislation specifically lists \u201csocial media platforms\u201d It is a form o publication.<\/p>\n<p>According to the provisions in Jackson Lee\u2019s bill, if a social media user were to post an article, video, or even just a short message on a website such as Facebook or Twitter, that person could be convicted of committing \u201ca conspiracy to engage in white supremacy inspired hate crime\u201d If someone else consumes the material, they will be charged with a crime motivated white supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t appear to matter how crazy or mentally ill the person committing the crime is, either. So, under the bill, if a deranged mass shooter allegedly inspired\u00a0by white supremacy TikTok videos and Facebook posts kills several people, any of the \u201cwhite supremacy\u201d Materials \u201cread, heard, or viewed\u201d the shooter could render the person who uploaded those materials guilty for conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>You might think this applies only to those with extreme views and political opinions about white supremacy. But recent history has shown that many left-leaning individuals have a broad, very deep understanding of the subject. \u201cwhite supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For example, the National Education Association, America\u2019s largest teachers union,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nea.org\/resource-library\/white-supremacy-culture-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Claim<\/a>\u00a0This is despite \u201cwhite supremacy culture\u201d It is usually \u201cassociated with violence perpetrated by the KKK and other white supremacist groups, it also describes a political ideology and systemic oppression that perpetuates and maintains the social, political, historical and\/or industrial white domination.\u201d Further, the NEA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nea.org\/resource-library\/white-supremacy-culture-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Claim<\/a>, \u201cOrganizations that are led by people of color or have a majority of people of color can also demonstrate characteristics of White Supremacy Culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Popular left-wing publications like <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2019\/08\/07\/el-paso-white-supremacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Intercept<\/a>\u00a0They suggested that \u201cprominent conservatives\u201d Ben Shapiro is Tucker Carlson&#8217;s wife, Laura Ingraham, Donald Trump and Candace Owens all support white supremacist ideology. Whistleblower documents reveal Google\u2019s \u201canti-racism\u201d initiative for the company\u2019s employees featured a \u201cWhite Supremacy Pyramid\u201d That\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/google-anti-racism-ben-shapiro-racist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Includes both Shapiro as well as Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>November\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/gops-white-supremacist-problems-extend-trump-note\/story?id=94155743\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABC News<\/a>\u00a0An article was published alleging that the \u201cGOP\u2019s white supremacist problems extend beyond Trump.\u201d One columnist for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/campaign\/3497052-republican-officials-keep-stoking-white-supremacist-tropes-and-were-reaping-the-result\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Hill<\/a>\u00a0In November, claimed that \u201cRepublican officials keep stoking white supremacist tropes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are many academics available, some of which can be found here. <a href=\"https:\/\/dc.law.utah.edu\/ulr\/vol2022\/iss3\/4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ruth Colker<\/a>, a law professor at Ohio State University, has even called America\u2019s founding document \u201cThe White Supremacist Constitution.\u201d Colker says \u201cThe United States Constitution is a document that, during every era, has helped further white supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With all of this in mind, it\u2019s not hard to imagine how under the Leading Against White Supremacy Act, a Trump-supporting Republican expressing support for the Constitution on Twitter \u2014 a description that fits millions of Americans \u2014 could easily be caught up in a charge of \u201cconspiracy\u00a0to engage in white supremacy inspired hate crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Lee is a genius at achieving even more, as crazy as this may sound. Here are some examples of relevant \u201cpublished material\u201d The Leading Against White Supremacy Act covers the following: \u201chate speech that vilifies or is otherwise directed against any non-White person or group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What exactly is this? \u201chate speech\u201d? JYou can find more information atckson Lee\u2019s bill doesn\u2019t tell us. Perhaps\u00a0political commentators\u00a0writing an article such as this one, which arguably \u201cvilifies\u201d a \u201cnon-White person,\u201d could someday find themselves\u00a0guilty of conspiracy to engage in a white supremacy-inspired hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of Jackson Lee\u2019s\u00a0legislation is not to discourage white supremacy, a noble goal. It\u2019s a blatantly unconstitutional, racist attempt to silence political and social speech.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Justin Haskins (Jhaskins@henrydearborn.org) is a senior fellow at the Henry Dearborn Institute for Human Rights and a New York Times bestselling author.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Leading Against White Supremacy Act 2023 was introduced by Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in January. This bill is unconstitutional and radical in its proposed form.\u00a0 The\u00a0Leading Against White Supremacy Act\u00a0These are the goals \u201cprevent and prosecute white supremacy inspired hate crime and conspiracy to commit white supremacy inspired hate crime and to amend &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1839249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[3685,14937,12802,3753,5796,4554,5232,3765],"class_list":["post-1840728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-democrats","tag-effectively","tag-extremist","tag-political","tag-silence","tag-speech","tag-supremacy","tag-white"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1840728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1839249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1840728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1840728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1840728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}