New ADL Hate Bills Attack America

‘This week’s protest, leading up to Thursday’s hearing, must be massive, call your Senators toll-free 1-877-851-6437 or toll 1-202-225-3121!’

From Rev. Ted Pike

This Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT the battle to save America from becoming a hate crimes police state will be joined in the hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Every American who is able should view the live webcast of the hearing at www.judiciary.senate.gov.

But even as the hate bill battle rages, the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith moves forward two more monster hate bills. While it is important that lovers of freedom not allow themselves to become distracted from present opposition to S. 909 in the Senate, we cannot remain ignorant of these new attempts by the ADL to batter down the walls of freedom.

The first is ADL’s “anti-bullying” bill, the “Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act,” HR 1966, introduced to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime on May 26. This bill is as simple and direct as the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, S. 909, is complicated and obscure. HR 1966 makes it a federal thought crime to intend to “intimidate” or “harass” anyone over the internet or airwaves. Such “cyberbullying” is punishable by harsh fines and up to two years in prison. It does not define what the terms “intimidate” or “harass” mean. Promoted as legislation to protect America’s youth, its real intention is to remove free speech from the internet altogether.

Here is the essential text:

Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce [radio, TV, internet] any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person, using electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (HR 1966, SEC 3, Sec. 881a) (more…)