M God I love this Country

My God I love this country. It sounds trite and corny in this day of so called liberalism associated with anti-Americanism. But in truth it is a blessed time and place, despite recession and bigotry.

This week I got see the justice system at work. Jim David Adkisson, the murderer of TVUUC church goers, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison. I'm told that he seemed proud of himself in the court room. His "manifesto," a letter he left to be found after the murders, was published this week showing even more of that evil arrogance. The letter come out amid a flurry of discussion about hate speech. I read the letter and I have never seen a "finer" example of hate speech. It was filled with phrases promulgated by the conservative talk radio, especially Savage and Hannedy. The letter echoed the horror of hate speech used in Ruanda where the minority tribe was called cockroaches. Adkisson called liberals and gays termites. Both called for extermination.

Despite the extreme danger of Adkisson's call for violence against liberals and gays, I will not support legislative action to limit hate speech because who gets to define hate speech? It is much more likely to used to support the causes of the majority than to uphold the protection of the minority such as gays in America. The limits of free speech are already established such as the restriction against threat of murder. It is a slippery slope to impose further limits to free speech or any other of our freedoms granted under the Constitution.

Today I do not take for granted the protections and freedoms of being an American, the protection of a justice system that lumbers along through its processes, and the freedoms of provided by our constitution, freedoms that stand above threats that come under the guise of further protections. I may be among the a new caste of untouchables, but I still love this country, where as a member of a hated minority I am still free to live as I chose and say what I believe.