11-21-2004, 08:14 PM
Abramelin,Nov 21 2004, 02:05 PM Wrote:How come racist organizations are forbidden in the European Union,and they are not in the USA ? Maybe there is a different conception of what is freedom betwen the USA an UE;
Racism is a crime in UE,so any racist organization is declared illegal,and any kind of racism is punished by laws.Is that hard to apply over there?
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It's probably an attitude difference. In the U.S. the idea is that if you outlaw one type organization, someone else could try to use that attitude to outlaw other types. This is how the U.S. in general works with free speech in a different way I guess.
Related to this in a way, in the 1800's there were laws or resolutions, not sure which, related to how congress did it's business that said that any antislavery views were not to be talked about. They called it the gag rule. A bunch of people were way to on edge about any slavery criticism. Fortunately some people finally got rid of it.
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