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The student desperately explained that it was an ordinary history book, not a racist tract, and that it in fact celebrated the defeat of the Klan in a 1924 stre

The student desperately explained that it was an ordinary history book, not a racist tract, and that it in fact celebrated the defeat of the Klan in a 1924 street fight. Just so you guys understand: This is the point of the speech codes (and similar laws in Europe [1]). It is very difficult to get people to make strident affirmations of their political allegiance...unless you start making threats, even if they are crazy threats. This pattern is common. [1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1241994/Businessman-arrested-wife-son--anti-gipsy--email-didn-t-write.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1241994/Businessman-...

pyre 17y ago
> It is very difficult to get people to make strident affirmations of their political allegiance...unless you start making threats, even if they are crazy threats. I'm not sure what you're trying to say here. How is this any different than McCarthyism? Aren't you just trying to publicly 'call people out' on something in an attempt to embarrass them or shame them (or get them arrested)? Even in the story that you linked to, that guy's reputation will be sullied over being arrested for something that he didn't do, much the same as someone being accused/arrested for child rape/porn. Even if the person is innocent, people will always wonder, or know him/her as 'that guy/gal that was arrested for being a pedo.'