Barack Obama Receives Threats From KKK

This is awful.

As a white person, the KKK can flush themselves down the toilet. They don't represent anything other than ignorance, fear, and stupidity. If they keep ranting like this, threatening a president, then they can all rot in jail as far as I'm concerned. Members of the KKK are a disgrace to my race.

Also at NowPublic, Two Sides of a Coin, deals with White Nationalists/Supremacists.

Let's hope the more rational among us continue to outnumber them. 

I find it sad that th kkk, mostly populated by poor uneducated whites who the democratic parties policies would benefit far more then republican want to harm Barack Obama, because he is a black democrat who believes in civil rights and economic fairness . But history has showed that poor uneducated whites (predominantly)southern are fixed on one issue, and that is if i am poor an uneducated then minorities better be more poor and educated. This is the true philosophy of the KKK. It really isn't white supremacy at all; it is crabs in a barrel supremacy. Even if you get to the top of the barrel you still never get out of the barrel. Many poor uneducated whites just want to be at the top of the barrel, but are not doing anything to get out and hate minorities who do. The klu klux Klan is an antichrist doctrine of hate and fear mongering. God will come and deal with them harshly for given false doctrine of the bible.

I am hopeful that Obama is well protected... I don't want this man to be injured.  The KKK is a joke.  Anyone who has interviewed these folks can see that education is lacking in these fellows. 

I take issue with the above.  Racism is fading in America.  My wife an I were in line to vote for an hour and 10 minutes.  Folks in Line were both black and white... everyone was very nice to one another and chatted as we passed the time.  I live in a mixed community here in SC.  I have seen more racism in other parts of the country.   This idea from across the pond that there is entrenched fracism in vast parts of America is quite incorrect.  In the last 40 years one has difficulty seeing any sign of the racism of the past.  The media appears to have their racist glasses on, finding what they seek.  How about a few reporters visit NE Columbia, SC to see that we all live quite wonderfully here.  That would not make the news. 

Good! Well, NOT good in that sense. But good insofar as it highlights the realities of hate speech.

I've always despised hate speech. I guess my question is whether hate speech should be protected under the banner 'free speech'? I tend to think 'No.'

Generally such things as shouting fire in a crowded building and other unsavoury things are NOT protected speech. I just wonder whether there is any precedent for / against hate speech. Personally, I tend to think that it should be more-or-less banned. In this day and age, there's just no reason for it. Well, okay, there was never really a reason for it, or even much of a justification for it.

I know that 'free speech' is more-or-less sacrosanct. But do we really want to extend any further protection to hate speech? And this doesn't just go for blacks. Jews, hispanics, etc. Other minorities, sexual orientations and such get targeted for things that would probably qualify as hate speech.

I know there's a fine line between say a political joke or blond joke and something that counts a hate speech. But I suppose that where it crosses the line into calls for violence or other illegal / patently offensive actions taken against the person or persons that are the target of the speech, it should be exempted from 'free speech' protection. Maybe it already is, I don't know for sure?

Anyone know of court precedents, etc. on the issue? IE, how much latitude are those promulgating 'hate speech' given? I know that non-discrimination clauses are part of law, insofar as housing codes, businesses offering service(s) to he public, etc. Should speech be to some small degree subjected to similar non-discrimination laws? Or should hate speech be lumped in with 'hate crimes' already on the books in many locales (in response to certain dragging deaths or police brutality toward various races, ethnicities, sexual orientation(s), etc.)? It seems to me like is a form of verbal harrassment and may in many cases border on conspiracy, disturbing the peace or otherwise being accessory to criminal acts (be they vandalism, property damage, harrassment, assualt, muder, etc.).

Just my long-winded 2c worth.
~Michael

Mr Obama is the President of the United States and if the rest of us will stop tolerating the BS you spout, you and your kind will be relegated to history like Hitler and all men of evil

some of these kkk guys have a point but you guys write them off because they are considered extremists

as for the black person above from philly who told them "im that beautiful black person you wish you were", i highly doubt members of the klan "wish" they were black. do you "wish" you were a skinhead? probably not.

as for the shit about obama playing the race card:

98.5% of the black vote went to obama

50% of the white vote went to mccain

you tell me, whos voting on race?

oh and "obama girl 2008"

a man who is black and never knew a black relative til he was like 20 because his dad left him now runs the executive branch of the USA. 

but no black man (or white man) "runs" me. 

...besides we all know $$$$$$ is the real power in this country, and who got that????

I know this is a very sensitive topic but please be respectful on Nowpublic and refrain from using racist words or comments. All racist comments will be deleted as it violates our code of conduct.

I seem to recall that only the red man is indigenous to what we now call America.

So why don't all of you non-reds get the hell out of there?

Obama is our future president and he is hope , hope for change and  for the rest of the civilized world that wants change . To the rest of the racist idiots I say sucks being you doesn't it ?

It seems to me that the very same attitude from these embasils  that are saying now that he has won the "race" oh well he is not exactly black he is mullato , so he is close to white and not technically black , but in the days of slavery a mullato was considered black , to the benefit of the stupid peolpe who saw slavery as a way to live , well they were right about the mullato man or woman being black because guess  what they are black , and Barack Obamas father was African pure Kenyan so get over it you racist pigs and embrace our beautiful , intelligent , dignified , BLACK PRESIDENT!   And our first family ,his beautiful intelligent and graceful black wife and their beautiful respectful intelligent black daughters .

Look...bottom line...everyone in here is throwing hatred all over the place...go back and read your posts!  "Hicks" "uneducated"...first of all I LIVE in the SAME area as Tom Robb...he is a decent person and VERY well educated.  His son is a lawyer in my town.  The whole family are wonderful people.  Their views are their own as are yours and mine...but this coming into this website (or anywhere else) and spreading MORE HATE...THIS is what STARTS & KEEPS a "RACE WAR"...I hope you people are proud of yourselves!

Wow... Now I am new to this site, for just hours.. I would hope that I would not see the racist comments here.. I don't tolerate it and I don't even see color... all humankind is equal... that is my personal feelings, in my heart.. and in my Path.. As a Wiccan High Priest, we do not see color.... it is senseless to even go there in this day and age.. I do hope that the one who mentioned deleting racist comments does just that..

Blessings,

Cypresso

kind a conspericy to it eh watcj

YES,OBAMA HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG.HE IS JUST LIKE US

THE "KKK" REALLY NEEDS TO READ THERE HISTORY,OBAMA IS MIXXED HE IS NOT FULL WHITE NOR IS HE BLACK.SO FOR THEM TO JUDGE THAT MAN THERE DUMB.IM AN AFRICAN AMERICAN AND I LOVE MY PEOPLE OF DIFFERNT RACE.IN ORDER TO GO TO HEAVEN YOU MUST LOVE EVERY ONE AND EVERY BODY.SO IF THE "KKK" HAVE ANY DREAMS OF BEING WITH GOD THEY REALLY NEED TOO WAKE UP AND BECAUSE THATS IN THE BIBLE!

-NAjA

OBAMA WILL MAKE HISTORy FOR THE NEXT 4YEARS AND THEN HE WILL BE RELECTED NEXT YEAR SO HE IS GOING TO MAKE HISTORY FOR THE NEXT 8YEARS!

This is exactly why simply claiming to be a Christian is not enough, even the KKK claim to be Christian.  You must live a life pleasing and righteous before the Lord.  The KKK is one of the reasons why I look forward to Judgment Day.  I can imagine how they're gonna look when God doesn't let them into heaven for their fake Christian/truly Satanic ways.