I admit that the Fed is entering choppy waters involving itself with restrictions on speech in a country DEFINED by protection of free speech.
As such, who defines and determines where free speech ends? In a sense, we already did long ago when we declared it a crime to yell fire in a crowded theater. And really, how can any individual right be /unlimited/?
Therefore, what Pam is saying (and I agree I remain least impressed by her so far), is that free speech has legal limits.
But I so much dislike the term "hate speech," it implies the viewer somehow could see into the speaker's inner thoughts and intentions of their mind.
But her goal is just because, just like yelling fire in a theater, free speech must have limits and cannot extend beyond where your actions, speech, etc, extend out into curtailing other people's rights.
Therefore, I would suggest the administration avoid the term "hate speech" and replace it with a far more accurate and enforceable one like 'incendiary speech'. Incendiary speech implies an undesirable and observable consequence, not just that you hated something since hate is an ordinary and unavoidable human condition we all suffer as hate goes hand in hand with love. Everyone hates. I hate rap music, green hair and many kinds of seafood; does that make me evil?
Bottom line: if you are in a position of influence as a public figure and you rant death to xyz or that we should kill xyz, over and over, then xyz does get murdered, you probably bear some responsibility, or at least an investigation into whether you should be responsible.
Trampling on free speech? Only if you intend to go out every day calling for the murder of everyone you disagree with. But I agree with Pam in that at this point, /something/ must be done before this thing goes any farther. Enough is enough.
As distasteful as restraining unfettered speech might be, understand that this is only necessary as the only way to deal with the growing fact that people on the Left simply won't otherwise stop calling for the death and murder of everyone they don't like while shooting at them with guns.
And it is clear now that Tyler Robinson got his chops on some social media he belonged to. He went from a fairly normal, promising young man to a radicalized murderer. Someone filled his head with murderous rage against Kirk most probably with the intent that someone act on it.
And lookie this--- turns out that once again, Tyler was all wrapped up with transgenderism.
Democrats now sound no different or better than Iranian islamic fundamentalists issuing a fatwa on someone. All the left have stopped short of doing (so far) is issuing million dollar rewards to the first people to kill this guy or that.
If leftards could simply rein it in and stop being total a-holes, none of this would be necessary.
