What is hate speach

As the world becomes smaller do to the use of mass media, the scope of contact between one another becomes almost limitless. Although this connectivity between people has no doubt been beneficial to many aspects of technology, business, medicine, the list goes on..

The expansion of communication prompted hate speech grew as-well. Hate speech is the expression of aggressive emotions towards a specific race, sex, religious group, political group, etc. Some say that the transmission of hateful feelings  did not increase, but the ability to track them down through technology became prevalent.

 So the mass media also banded together different hate groups and organizations. Hate groups are prejudice groups which ban together in order to illustrate their hatred for a select group of people and many of these groups believe that power in numbers is the best way to get their point across. Through the use of social media and other internet resources prejudice groups have been banning together with growing numbers in search of victims to verbally harass. Other very organized groups will use social media as a way to schedule meetings and gain a following. The different types of hate groups are growing as well, not specifically based on race but many other aspects are in-sighting hateful attention. The virtual world online provides a shield for bullies to hide behind. Most bloggers who intend to spread hate mail use fake email addresses and names so they are undetectable to authorities after they are reported.

One of the articles found in the text was focusing on Obama and how America is carrying a hatred for our president not because of the decisions he makes but because he is black. Many of the quotes are harsh and uneducated. The beginning of the article relates the health care reform supported by Obama to the tactics of Adolph Hitler to take over the world. Most of the quotes provided were via U.S. citizens and what they think of President Obama, mostly criticizing him for all sorts of things. The first "anti- Obama" quote is from Glenn Beck when he said on a live broadcast that "Obama is a racist with a deep-seated hatred for white people." Pastor Steven Anderson from a church in Arizona said, "I am going to pray that he goes to hell." Tom Eisenhour - man who compared Obama to Hitler, also said "I would go to washington with a gun if enough of you would go with me." All of these obscene testimonies were determined acts of free speech. Where do we draw the line? When speech becomes violent or insights hateful actions upon someone or a group of people that is grounds to no recognize the first amendment. But the area is grey. Many would say that the man who said he would go to washington with a gun if enough would go with him is in-sighting violent behavior but he never was arrested or charged with anything. The New York Times publish an article saying "some just cant believe a black man is president, and will never except it." I think this sums up all of those hateful statement's in to one justified reaction. Many were raised with a distorted perception about race and gender and in todays society the majority looks beyond the color of skin when make the decision who is most qualified for the position. In President Obama's case the majority voted him president and that is what the people got, an educated, intelligent, and well qualified leader. Whether or not the people believe that he is the right man for the job we will see in the up and coming election.