What If This Had Been an Effigy of Obama . . . . .

instead of 1 of Sarah Palin done by a homosexual in California? (Halloween Palin Prop Sparks Controversy In WeHo)

We all know that there would be screams of "HATE CRIME!!!!!!" The FBI and Secret Service would be launching investigations. & it would be loudly decried, & rightly so.

I can say that because it did happen in Portland (Secret Service investigates Obama effigy incident).

Let me start by saying that I find the idea of hanging anyone in effigy totally & absolutely disgusting. It is hateful, plain & simple. I didn't like it when it was done by Radical Muslims in the Middle East over the years. I don't like it here, regardless of who does it.

Having said that, I now raise the question, at what point does political speech, which all of them claim to be, cross the line to becoming a crime? When is it a death threat, when is it political speech?

In the Middle East protests where we say Reagan & others hung &/or burned, it was a death threat. In the USA, it depends. If Palin was a Democrat, the feminists would be screaming, if she was black, ditto. For certain groups it is automaticly a hate crime/death threat. She's not in any of those groups, so no outcry?

Also, how many of these who would scream about an Obama effigy applaud the effigies hung & burned by radical Muslims over the years? Double standard? Sure looks like it! Either it is always wrong, or it is always right. Which is it?

Every human being, male, female, regardless of skin color, deserves a certain modicum of respect. For me this crosses a line. It is always wrong. It may be free speech that is protected by the Constitution, but in my mind, it is an abuse of that right.