If a victim says he or she is intimidated by another person and is a member of one of the protected classes, the accused person could spend five years in prison or pay a $10,000 fine. A former federal judge said this law will be used to "silence and financially cripple" anyone who has a "different viewpoint."
A Connecticut statute makes it a crime to "ridicule" anyone because of their creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality, or race. A law professor says the statute is "obviously unconstitutional, because ... there's no First Amendment exception for speech that insults based on race or religion."
Tucker Carlson shows that leftists blame everything, no matter what the problem is, on Trump. Mark Steyn says that common language has become very coarse but is running on two incompatible tracks. One is directed against Trump and is base and vulgar. The other track guards protected classes of people who are off-limits to criticize. [...]
