Hate Speech
Jan. 7th, 2008 12:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frustratedpilotJust after dinnertime, we got an automated phone call--a recorded tirade from some fire-and-brimstone evangelist Christian pastor. The actual content of the message isn't worth repeating and he delivered it with so much anger and bile he could have melted down the phone's earpiece.
If we had Caller ID on the phone, we would have had the organization sued for hate speech. I mean, what if we were Jewish or Muslim or Hindu or Buddhist? It is sectarian harassment! I find it particularly galling as my parents are active participants in their own church, and had they heard this lout themselves they would have been insulted.
I think I'm going to copy this blog to the local newspapers. I believe in freedom of religion more than I believe in religion itself, but this matter is way over the line.
FP
If we had Caller ID on the phone, we would have had the organization sued for hate speech. I mean, what if we were Jewish or Muslim or Hindu or Buddhist? It is sectarian harassment! I find it particularly galling as my parents are active participants in their own church, and had they heard this lout themselves they would have been insulted.
I think I'm going to copy this blog to the local newspapers. I believe in freedom of religion more than I believe in religion itself, but this matter is way over the line.
FP
