Hate Speeches Against Muslims

Around the world there is so racism so going on, people who are different are so getting target by the white man. We believe that racism is completing gone but it's not. Racism is coming back slowly as the years pass us. The only thing that we can do is to keep our bodies safe from all the danger that might happen. Ta-Nehisi Coates has been talking about keeping our bodies safe protected from the danger that happening around the world. People are getting targeted for being different or not being accepted for who they are as humans.

Hate speech is a term of art in legal and political theory that is used to refer to verbal conduct – and other symbolic, communicative action –which willfully attacks a person or group based on attributes such as race, religion, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, or gender. Hate speech thus includes things like identity-prejudicial abuse and harassment, certain uses of slurs and epithets, some extremist political and religious speech. For example, statements to the effect that all Muslims are terrorists, or that gay people are second -class human beings, and certain displays of hate symbols like swastikas or burning crosses are part of it. Those such activities are classified as hate speech if, and insofar as, they convey the idea that belonging to a particular social group warrants someone’s being held in or treated with contempt. However, Freedom of speech is the most important and basic right that a human in every country deserves. Freedom of speech and hate speech are two opposite things. Therefore, the government needs to draw a line between hate speech and freedom of speech to protect a citizen. Hate speech should be banned and extreme speech regulated because it is one of the reasons for many negative consequences in human lives

When asking people what they think about the word “Baptists” they immediately think about people who go to church or judgmental/hypocritical people, but those labels are false (Zhein Survey). However, according to the Westboro Baptist Church website, they do judge people who are not only of the LGBT group, they also judge Orthodox Christians, Muslims, Jews, politicians and even American Soldiers. Because this church has a large amount of “success” they are able to get their hate speech out around the United States (and maybe even other countries) to offend those who were listed or those who believe those listed are okay in what they are doing.

Envision ambulating down the street and then out of the blue someone shouts obscenities predicated on the way people look or because of what they affiliate with. Incidents involving animosity happen everyday, and most are looked at as daily occurrences. With the current state of hate speech laws, there is nothing that could be done to put culpability on the instigator. Hate has a strong connection to United States history. Slaves were a result of being hateful to those who were different, and Jim Crow laws were also a consequence of this hatred. As much time has passed since then, America has become more progressive, although there are still people who are hateful of others for they way they are. Hate speech laws are necessary in the United States and should be passed because passing them would create and foster a more tolerant society, help to decrease the negative risk associated with them, and prevent violent acts of hate which tend to be preceded by hate speech.

Just a couple of months ago white supremacists rallied in Charlottesville to protest the tearing down of the statue of Robert E Lee. The racism and hate they spread through their march is unquestionably disgusting and serves no purpose in our society today. This event has led to social media sites such as Twitter to crack down even harder in a plight they started over a year ago to silence hateful speech. While there are some occasional dissenters, the general population agrees with the opinion that this speech is awful in every sense. With that being said, censoring their right to free speech is a bit too rash. We can all agree that free speech is one of the most important rights we have, and with President Trump throwing around the term “fake news” at major news organizations, it is more important than ever to protect that freedom. The article “The case for restricting hate speech” by Laura Beth Nielsen of the Los Angeles Times gives an argument for why hate speech should be censored. While she provides valid points, with the absence of factual statistics, none of them are strong enough to support her thesis that hate speech should be banned. I believe that in almost every instance, hate speech should remain protected just as much as our right to free speech.

The latest hot topic when it comes to the Republican candidates for the presidential election is Muslims. From Donald Trump saying we have a “Muslim problem”, to Ben Carson saying Muslims are unfit for office, the attack on Muslims has been a big subject. In this New York Times editorial “The Republican Attack on Muslims”, the author talks about how recently the Republicans were not the nicest when it comes to the Muslim community. Recently, Donald Trump has hinted towards his dislike for Muslims. In a recent interview, the interviewer stated that “we have a problem in this country, it’s called Muslims”, and that our President (who is an American-born Christian) is also a Muslim. When the interviewer asked Mr. Trump when we would get rid of them, he said “We’re going to be looking into that.” Donald Trump has also stated that he thinks Muslims were behind the World Trade Center attacks, which is not true.

He addresses poverty, bad education, and crime and states that he will stop all this wrong. President Trump then speaks of his foreign policies and how he believes that America should concentrate on itself with the line ,”From this day forward, it's going to be only America first, America first”. He later begins to address terrorism and his tone changes from a more uplifting tone to a serious one when he states,” We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones and unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate from the face of the Earth”. This sentence can be seen as bigot since he specifically states radical Islamic terrorism while radical muslims are not the only terrorists in the world. By stereotyping, President Trump is not showing much logos therefore not appealing to a large part of the

His words will make the American people hate and fear of the other religions especially the Islam. After he said “We are going to punish somebody for this attack … Maybe Afghanistan, maybe Pakistan or Iraq, or possibly all three at once.” (Thompson, 2001, p.9) Instead of these words, he should say we will punish who committed these tragic events and the American people will keep one hand in the face of terrorism. He forgot that the

According to NBC News, following the September 11 attacks in 2001, there were four hundred eighty one reported anti-Muslim hate crimes in the United States, totaling an average of 40 per month. The number of these attacks continues to rise today. Muslims seem to have targets on their backs. The arrow pointed at them is known as Islamophobia, the hatred and prejudice against the religion of Islam.

this type of religion being a part of U.S. culture. In the article “Hate Crimes Against Muslims” we can clearly look at the examples of how people, who have the right to express their religion freely in our country, are treated by other citizens with the exact same rights. For example: “A woman wearing a headscarf was insulted, told to “go back to her country” and physically assaulted. The perpetrator broke one of her fingers and ripped off her headscarf.”

It is no secret that the thoughts and viewpoints expressed by government officials, especially the President, plant seeds in the minds of the public which eventually proliferate to influence popular opinion. Before President Trump was in office, he discussed implementing a “ban on Muslims” (Kaleem 1). Unfortunately, these statements contained and encouraged negative stereotypes associated with people of the middle east and Islam, a commonly practiced religion among Arabic people. Mere weeks after his inauguration, Trump stayed true to his word and followed through with his plan, signing the order entitled “Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States” (Press Secretary 1). Banning citizens from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen from traveling to the United States, the order will be in effect for 90 days (Press Secretary 1). Because this ban seemed to portray the message that all people of those countries were dangerous terrorists, the Trump administration received extreme criticism from the public and many immigration rights groups because of their decision. Many organizations continue to voice their outrage, such as the ACLA Immigrants’ Rights Project. "The Trump administration has conceded that its original ban was indefensible.” Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, said in a statement to the LA Times. “Unfortunately, it has replaced it with a scaled-back version that shares the same fatal flaws. The only way to actually fix the ban is not to have a ban” (Kaleem 1). This information suggests that many people believe that this order is perpetrating racism and encouraging the stereotyping of people of middle eastern descent. This is not the only order passed by Trump insinuating all Arabic people are dangerous terrorists. On January

If we were to measure animosity towards Muslim's based off reported hate crimes against Muslims in the U.S. then no, it has not. A hate-crime research group at California State University averages "suspected hate crimes against Muslims in the United States” at 12.6 per month. The rate tripled to 38 attacks the month following the attack in Paris. The article was published in Dec. 2015; however, I'm reasonably confident the data began to revert back towards the mean. In addition, it is worth noting that the mean is being generous to outliers. Now, the attacks may not be as high as those in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 2011, which was reported in the hundreds; nonetheless, they are at the highest level since then.

I am the total opposite when it comes to these issues, I will come straight out at you, over this issue and topic. I am one whom respects and feels like they should stand up for moral issues and hate speeches which I understand are a persons right. But it infuriates me when something is directly related to skin issue such as the eruptions between police and African American's being race baited, or some assuming because they are Muslim they are some sort of terrorist. “These bitter beliefs (whatever exactly that might mean) are protected under our First Amendment as other ideologies,” “One is as free to critisize, for instance, Islam — or Muslims, or Jews, or blacks, or whites, or illegal immigrants, or native-born citizens — as one is to

Thousands of people in first world countries like ours make fun of Muslims every day because of what ISIL have done, people create memes and throw pretend bags at people yelling ‘Alahu Akbar’ mocking ISIL. By doing these things we are offending Muslims and are creating friction between them and Most Caucasian people, it is racism and it needs to stop.

Hate speech, what is it? The definition of hate speech, according to Mari J. Matsuda, author of "Assaultive Speech and Academic Freedom, is "…(a word of group of words) of which is to wound and degrade by asserting the inherent inferiority of a group" (151). In my own words hate speech is a humiliation and demeaning slur of words specifically used to disgrace a person for their race, religion, or sexual habits. There is now a controversy if hate speech should be regulated on college campuses or not. I have read a few articles with the author being either for or against regulating hate speech. My opinion is that yes, we should regulate hate speech on college campuses.