How has hate speech in France led to violence?

 

Kurds have been attacked in Paris and their anger is growing.

Kurds in Paris are demanding answers following the killing of three members of their community on Friday.

Anti-racism groups and thousands of other people joined rallies in the capital that sometimes escalated into violence.

Can Narendra Modi stop hate speech in India?

 

RIghts groups say violence against minorities has risen since Narendra Modi became prime minister.

India’s history contains centuries of diversity and coexistence between different groups.

But its present times are marked by violence and hate speech against minorities.

Hate speech and online abuse: India’s growing extremism problem

 

Calls to kill minorities, weak mainstream media and negligent officials – India sees a rising tide of communalism. Plus, Russia’s ever-growing media blacklist.

Amid a spike in anti-minority hate speech, independent journalists in India uncover Hindu extremist gatherings and the truth behind a bizarre mobile app claiming to “sell” prominent Muslim women.

What is fuelling intolerance in India?

 

India’s government is under pressure to curb growing hate speech and attacks against religious minorities.

Human rights organisations around the world are sounding the alarm on India.

They say hate speech is fuelling violence and intolerance against minorities to levels never seen before.

Americas Broadcast Media Has Enabled Donald Trump And His Offending Rhetoric: Until Today

Americas broadcast media has done nothing but enable Donald Trump and his incendiary rhetoric. Allowing him to spew forth racism, misogyny, nativism and various forms of bigotry all the while hoping for more. Why? Ratings, which equal higher advertising rates. In the last two weeks the atmosphere at Trump's campaign events have taken a rather freighting turn towards violence. With Donald Trump encouraging his followers through his speech to physically attack protesters. Finally after the events of Friday night in Chicago which culminated a week of violent altercations between Trump's sycophants and protesters they've woken up to the ugliness that is the Donald Trump campaign.

When Demagoguery Captures The Political Process

In 1987 Slobodan Milosevic was a Serbian communist party official sent to Kosovo to quell the unease of the ethnic Serbs living there.  Milosevic taking advantage of the situation assured Kosovo's Serbian population that their abuse by the Kosovo government would end.  His actions and comments helped fuel the rise of Serbian nationalism.

"At home and abroad, Serbia's enemies are massing against us. We say to them 'We are not afraid'. 'We will not flinch from battle'." Slobodan Milošević, 19 November 1988.

In a private conversation he made this statement:

"We Serbs will act in the interest of Serbia whether we do it in compliance with the constitution or not, whether we do it in compliance in the law or not, whether we do it in compliance with party statutes or not." Slobodan Milošević

Comments such as the one below are often used by politicians as a means to further insight their supporters.   As they describe those not like "them" as others.

The loss of national identity is the greatest defeat a nation can know, and it is inevitable under the contemporary form of colonization. Slobodan Milosevic

Today in America similar language is spewing forth, not from a fringe candidate seeking a low level elected office, but the Presidency of  the United States.  When demagoguery is used to propel one to the highest office violence often becomes part of the discourse with the candidates most ardent supporters willing to inflict bodily harm on those whom they feel threatened by.  

When Donald Trump launched his campaign for president last year he made derogatory remarks about Mexico and Mexicans.  Accusing the government of Mexico shipping criminals to the U.S. that were rapists, drug dealers and murders.  Going further he stated that a wall would be built along America's southern border and he, Donald Trump would force the Mexican government to pay for its construction.   Donald Trump wouldn't stop with making derogatory comments about only Mexicans his repertoire would expand to women, the Chinese, the Japanese and Muslims.  When in December of last year he proposed banning all Muslim's entrance into the U.S.   As these statements and speeches became more profane protesters began showing up at his campaign events.  While he would make disparaging remarks about these protesters it wasn't until this last week and half that his remarks would become even more incendiary leading to a series of violent attacks by his supporters egged on by him against those protesting against his run for the presidency.

Here are some quotes from Donald Trump made while speaking at his various campaign events.    

"I'd like to punch him in the face,"  Las Vegas Nevada

"He was a rough guy, and he was punching. And we had some people - some rough guys like we have right in here - and they started punching back," Mr Trump said. "It was a beautiful thing."  Fayetteville, North Carolina 

Republican frontrunner praises supporters and blames ‘these other people’ for disorder after protests forced him to call off Chicago appearance on Friday  Following the cancellation of a campaign event in Chicago 

In the above quote he uses the term these other people to describe the protesters. That's how demagogues incite their followers to violence.  Donald Trump is dangerous as he continues to play upon the unfounded fears of his followers about the changing demographics of America,  fear of foreigners and minorities in America.  If elected would Donald Trump adhere to the U.S. Constitution? Given his authoritarian attitudes it's highly likely that he would suspend the constitution declaring that what America needs is a strong leader unconstrained by the rule of law.









 

New Japanese Justice Minister See's No Reason to Outlaw Hate Speech

Yoko Kamikawa Japans new Minister of Justice sees no reason to outlaw hate speech.  She feels it would infringe upon a persons right to express their hatred for other ethnic groups.  As if hate speech has never helped to insight violence against various minorities or political opponents. 1930's Germany, China in the mid 1950's and 1960's America following the Civil War.    

On hate speech, she said that while vilifying an ethnic minority and calling for its extermination is “extremely disappointing,” Japan must protect freedom of expression.
Kamikawa was apparently referring to racist rallies organized by far-right activists targeting, among others, ethnic Korean residents.
“Such acts instigate public hatred, and I believe they are an egregious problem,” Kamikawa said.
But she said criminalizing hate speech would risk infringing on the legitimate right to free speech, a position taken by other ministers in recent times.

She finds these statements "extremely disappointing" that's like expressing regret over a simple mistake you once made.