This Is What It Is ALL About

The Ku Klux Klan... Nazis... Anti-Semites... Holocaust Revisionists...

KKK:

One Google search on the KKK will give you several "Homepages" of the secret organization. This shows me that lumping all members of the KKK into one specific ideology is reckless and misguided. Just like many organizations, there are many members that do not think alike.
Many believe that the KKK is just a bunch of white rednecks that want to kill all black people in the South, but as we have discussed in class, this is not always the case. We have learned that most in the KKK want to separate the races, and preserve white culture. Their solution to this is obvious; The members of the KKK would want to be separate the races. This explains the tactics of cross burning and harassment of black people in the early 20th century.

Nazis:

Nazism is very complicated. Just like the KKK, there are many different sects, both past and present, that claim to be Nazis, Neo-Nazis, etc. Most commonly, Nazism denotes the totalitarian ideology and practice of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers’ Party), and Adolf Hitler’s government as dictator of Nazi Germany, from 1933 to 1945. So really, Nazism is technically a political ideology, just like capitalism, communism, etc. So why are they so controversial? One word, racism.
Adolf Hitler founded the Nazi state upon a racially defined German people, meaning that those within Germany saw themselves as a singular race and this race bound them to the state.
The official philosophy of the Nazi party was that the German people were descendants of Atlantis, and therefore were vastly superior to anyone else. Hitler believed that those who were in power were obviously stronger racially, and likewise, those races that were weak and seen as subhuman or parasites.
The most obvious example is that Hitler believed that the Jews were the weakest of all nations.
The solution to their problem is obviously that Holocaust during World War II. But the Holocaust was not limited to Jews, but also gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, etc. Basically anyone not a "German."

Anti-Semites:

People today that are Anti-Semites are usually called such when they actually aren't Anti-Semites. Those that have a specific hatred for Jews are going to be part of the Neo-Nazis, the KKK, etc. Anti-Semitism is as old as the Jewish people themselves. Being one of the 3 great monotheistic religions, with the smallest population, means that there are a lot of people out there that disagree and don't understand them.

Holocaust Revisionism:

Here's an idea: There are people out there that don't really agree with the history that is taught and presented to them. This makes sense seeing as, "The winner writes the history." There are people who just don't quite agree with what is presented to them. These are not Holocaust deniers, they believe that something horrible happened in the 1940s in Europe, but how many people were really killed? How far did Hitler prepare to go with his world domination? Those that question some aspects of the Holocaust just want to have that opportunity, to be able to question.

ALL OF THESE HAVE ONE SIMILARITY: F R E E S P E E C H!!!

Did I make that clear enough?

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

But this doesn't apply to Nazis? Or to Palestinians that are Anti-Semitic, does it? Yes, in fact, it most absolutely does. While the U.S. Constitution is the Supreme Law of the United States of America, the preamble states that it is used in order to secure the "Blessings of Liberty," an idea that is covered by all men in the Declaration of Independence.

So where is the line between racism and prejudice? My question, rather, is, "Is there a line between racism and prejudice?" Prejudice is exactly what the world say, "Pre-judging." That might very well be because of their race, religion, or way of life. But if you are a racist, you ARE prejudiced. I do not believe that their is a line, I believe that they are one and the same. Basically, you can be prejudiced without being racist, but you can't be racist without being prejudiced.

Being a staunch supporter of the First Amendment, I believe that anyone that has the views of the groups mentioned above has every right to do so. What draws the line is when that speech becomes threatening. I believe that "Hate Speech" is perfectly fine, just so long as it doesn't turn to threatening. In my opinion, I can say that I hate you, without threatening your personal liberty in any way, shape, or form.


Irving_Kristol
"Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity."