In West Hollywood, a gay couple has hung Sarah Palin in effigy. It’s not a hate crime because a) it’s Halloween and b) it’s not Barack Obama. View a photo of this lovely display here.
Then go back to fretting about the ugliness of those damn Republicans.
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It’s not a hate crime because it’s not a crime. It is completely protected by the First Amendment. Stand up for freedom of expression even if you think the other side doesn’t.
TomHynes (c43c0a) — 10/28/2008 @ 6:12 pmI just have a small hunch that what drives our host’s ire on this post is the utter hypocrisy of the owner of the display, who said flat out that if “it was an effigy of Barack Obama, there would be problems, but that it’s all right to hang a white woman in effigy.”
And, of course, he gets a double, since who in West Hollywood is going to protest an effigy of a White, Hetero, Republican Woman?
Another Drew (c8adc2) — 10/28/2008 @ 6:23 pmI saw this on the news a few times. They claim its ok because its Halloween and its considered “art”.
So I said to my wife, I wonder how well it would be received if someone like Andrew Dice Clay was outside their place in West Hollywood making gay jokes, its just “comedy”?
ML (14488c) — 10/28/2008 @ 6:27 pmOK, so if I hung an effigy of Barack from a tree in my yard, that’s just freedom of expression and covered by the 1st Ammendment?
Please, I’d really like to know.
Dr. K (398e70) — 10/28/2008 @ 6:39 pmAD, I’ll up you one: White, Hetero, Republican, Christian woman.
I’m so glad that this election has proven we are far past identity politics in this country. As a Hetero, Republican Christian woman, this makes me very happy.
Dana (658c17) — 10/28/2008 @ 7:02 pmDr. K – If you hung an effigy of Barack Obama from a tree in your yard, you would receive a visit from the Secret Service.
And if Joe Biden keeps on talking publicly, he may be hung in effigy alongside Sarah Palin outside Democratic houses. I’m actually surprised that Bill Clinton hasn’t been hung by Dems as well.
Without hate, the left has little to do.
Apogee (366e8b) — 10/28/2008 @ 7:03 pmThis from an updated link at the LAT concerning whether or not an effigy of Obama would constitute a hate crime:
…Peter Scheer, executive director of the California First Amendment Coalition and a free-speech expert, said the same display featuring Obama would also most likely fall under protected speech, as long as it is not made with the intent of inciting violence.
“Mere speech, no matter how hateful, in America is protected in most contexts, except in instances carved out to protect special audiences like children,” he said. “The reason we do that is we protect more than the bare minimum so that we don’t end up censoring valuable speech.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-palineffigy29-2008oct29,0,1328064.story
Dana (658c17) — 10/28/2008 @ 7:22 pm#6 Apogee:
Without hate, there is no left.
EW1(SG) (69c1db) — 10/28/2008 @ 7:29 pmDana – Inciting violence is what the Right does.
JD (5f0e11) — 10/28/2008 @ 7:40 pmComment by Apogee — 10/28/2008 @ 7:03 pm
“…a visit from the Secret Service.”
Depending on the neighborhood, all they might find to interview would be ashes.
Another Drew (c8adc2) — 10/28/2008 @ 7:42 pmComment by Dana — 10/28/2008 @ 7:02 pm
You’re right Dana.
Sorry I overlooked that, but our friends on the Left are so sensitive when it comes to religion, I didn’t want to offend their sensibilities.
Another Drew (c8adc2) — 10/28/2008 @ 7:48 pmDemocrats have been celebrating lynching since 1865. This is nothing new. The Klan is now holding hands and officiating gay weddings – but their hatred continues long after the Republicans freed their slaves in 1865. The left has no clue.
Clark Baker (2b76ae) — 10/28/2008 @ 7:54 pmIn West Hollywood, a gay couple has hung Sarah Palin in effigy
That the effigy is hung is nothing ; that it is hanged, an outrage.
Things That Come Between Us (500fcf) — 10/28/2008 @ 9:42 pmMore Dem violence against Republicans …
Now which party is it that is full of hate and anger?
JD (5b4781) — 10/28/2008 @ 9:43 pmYeah! Ha ha ha. I will up the ante – let someone hang an effigy of a human, which has a wig of vague style and coloring which is , in the unknown category – from this visage hand a spinning sign that says “Barack Obama?” on one side and “Sarah Palin?” on the other underneath post a large sign that says “It’s only a Hate Crime if it is someone you don’t like! 🙂 Have a Nice Day!” “P.S. – come in my yard and you can replace the effigy.”
Californio (a1ff45) — 10/28/2008 @ 11:39 pmOne would need an NAACP approved color chart to replicate “The One” I imagine.
If such could be matched, it would be a hate crime of thought or act.
Right?
TC (0b9ca4) — 10/29/2008 @ 1:41 am#6 – Apogee
Why? It’s only art. It is absolutely no different than the “snuff videos” advocating the assassination of Bush. No motive to act, just a political statement.
However, what if I “upped the ante” and nailed an effigy of Barack onto a cross in my own yard and set it on fire. Wouldn’t that be performance art?
Dr. K (398e70) — 10/29/2008 @ 3:33 amI knew Sarah has cojones, but I didn’t know she was THIS hung!
Dan S (cc1c77) — 10/29/2008 @ 5:39 amHer pair’s bigger than Sen. Obama’s, I would wager… 🙂
Scott Jacobs (a1c284) — 10/29/2008 @ 5:42 amAny noose is a hate crime in and of itself. Or so I’m told. These guys should hang.
Pablo (99243e) — 10/29/2008 @ 5:51 amNo pun intended… 🙂
Scott Jacobs (a1c284) — 10/29/2008 @ 6:22 am