By Selwyn Duke

If you want to know what Barack Obama and his fellow
travelers have planned for us, you need look only at what their cutting-edge
cousins have already implemented overseas. For example, hate-speech laws have
long been used in Europe and other parts of the “Western” world to punish
people for criticizing Islam and homosexuality. Now feminists are tightening
the noose on freedom further with laws prohibiting “sexist” speech. Writes
Phyllis Schlafly at The
Moral Liberal:

England, [and] 18 other nations
including Germany and France signed an absurd United Nations treaty about Women
that requires them to pass new laws making sexist comments a crime and
outlawing “psychological violence,” which they define broadly to include
statements “seriously impairing a person’s psychological integrity through
coercion or threats.” This is sold to the public as part of a phony campaign
against domestic violence….

As with hate-speech prohibitions, these laws introduce a
level of subjectivity into punishment that’s striking. Who will define what
constitutes “sexism,” “psychological violence,” and “seriously impairing a
person’s psychological integrity through coercion”? Obviously, this will be
done by low level judges and bureaucrats on a case-by-case basis — or, perhaps I should say, on either a male or
female basis.

Such laws give government the latitude to punish people
selectively based on whether they or their words are in political favor. After
all, women are the more talkative sex, with studies showing that they speak an
average of 7000 words a day to men’s 2000, and they certainly are at least
men’s equals in cutting with the tongue. Yet, in the same way that hate-speech
laws are used as a hammer against Christians but not Muslims, how many “sexism”
charges do you think will be brought against women? Will these laws be used to suppress
sentiments such as “Boys are stupid. Throw rocks at them” or products such as
the “All Men are Bastards” knife
block? It’s more likely that they’ll be trotted out to, among other things,
suppress criticism of abortion under the pretext that it impairs the
“psychological integrity” of women who have had or are contemplating abortions.

These laws prohibiting “sexist” speech serve further notice
that the nanny state has devolved into the Harridan State, as it has now issued
a loud “Quiet, dear!” to all who dare utter words — in the home, the halls of
government, and the wider society — that displease the feminists. The only
bright side is that once you’re convicted of “sexist” speech, the government
harridan will at least let you finish your sentence.

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