Bill HB 741 sounds like a good idea. Criminalizing hate and protecting the Jewish people from all the that comes with it, seems clear cut, right?Imagine for a moment that a minority of people, who control or own a large amount of power in various areas of society, passed a law that you could not expose any wrongdoing? For instance, pretend that it was Muslims. Would that be okay?
Let's take a look at what the bill criminalizes.
HB 741 amends Florida’s hate crime statute to include anti-Semitism, which it defines “as a perception of the Jewish people, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jewish people,” through such acts as:
“Calling for, aiding, or justifying violence against Jews.
"Alleging myths about a world Jewish conspiracy or that Jews control the media, economy, government, or other institutions.
"Accusing Jewish people of being responsible for real or imaginary wrongdoing by a single Jewish person, group, or the state of Israel, or for acts of non-Jews.
"Accusing the Jewish people of inventing or exaggerating the Holocaust.
"Accusing Jewish citizens of countries other than Israel of being more loyal to Israel than their own nations.
"Demonizing, applying a double standard to, or delegitimizing Israel.”
The first line makes sense. Calling for violence is in fact already illegal.
Alleging myths of Jewish control of media? Let's take a look:
Jewish CEOs in Media:
Merv Adelson, co-founder of Lorimar Television[926]
Edmund Ansin, co-founder of Florida-based Sunbeam Television Corporation[927]
Avi Arad, Israeli-American founder and CEO of Marvel Studios, LLC, former CEO of Toy Biz[928]
Samuel Z. Arkoff, co-founder of American International Pictures; invented the ARKOFF formula[929]
Adam Aron, president and CEO of AMC Theatres and co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers[930]
Ted Ashley, former chairman of Warner Bros. and VC of Warner Communications Inc., founder of the Ashley-Famous talent agency[929]
Barney Balaban, former president of Paramount Pictures[931]
Gary Barber, South African-born former CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), co-founder of Spyglass Entertainment[932]
Bruce Berman, chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures[933]
Gail Berman, founding partner of the Jackal Group, co-founder of media company BermanBraun (now Whalerock Industries)[934]
Jason Blum, founder of Blumhouse Productions[420][935]
Lloyd Braun, owner of Whalerock Industries, former chairman of the ABC Entertainment Group[936]
Alan N. Braverman, senior EVP, secretary and general counsel of the Walt Disney Company[937]
Bernie Brillstein, founder of the Brillstein Company[938]
Jerry Bruckheimer, founder of Jerry Bruckheimer Films & Television[939]
Peter Chernin, media executive & investor, founder of the Chernin Group; former president and COO of News Corp.[940]
Joel and Ethan Coen, founders of Mike Zoss Productions[941]
Harry Cohn, co-founder of Columbia Pictures[942]
Barry Diller, media executive, chairman of IAC/InterActiveCorp, former CEO of Paramount Pictures and Fox, Inc.[943]
Michael Eisner, founder of the Hollywood Pictures Company and the Tornante Company, former long-time CEO of the Walt Disney Company[944][945]
Ari Emanuel, co-CEO of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC (WME) and International Management Group (IMG)[946][947]
Charles K. Feldman, founder of the Famous Artists talent agency[948]
Jon Feltheimer, CEO of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.[949]
Dave and Max Fleischer, founders of Fleischer Studios (later Paramount Cartoon Studios)[950]
William Fox, Hungarian-born founder of the Fox Film Corporation and De Luxe[942]
Reuven Frank, Canadian-born broadcast executive, former president of NBC News[951][952]
Rob Friedman, co-chairman of Lionsgate Films, Summit Entertainment[953]
Jeff Gaspin, former chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment[954]
Alan Gerry, founder of Cablevision Industries[955][956]
Adam Glasser, founder of Seymore, Inc.[957]
William Goetz, co-founder of Twentieth Century Pictures (later 20th Century Fox)[958]
Leonard Goldenson, president of ABC[959]
Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-born founder of the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Samuel Goldwyn Productions[958][960]
Steve Golin, founder of Anonymous Content LLP, co-founder of Propaganda Films[961]
Brian Grazer, co-founder of Imagine Entertainment[420][962]
Bob Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment, former President of Entertainment of Showtime[963]
Brad Grey, co-founder of Brillstein Entertainment Partners, CEO of Paramount Pictures[964]
Mindy Grossman, former CEO of Home Shopping Network (HSN)[965]
Sandy Grushow, former chairman of the Fox Television Entertainment Group[966]
Peter Guber, chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment Group, former CEO of PolyGram Films, co-owner of NBA's Golden State Warriors and MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers[967]
Bonnie Hammer, chairman of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group[735]
Doug Herzog, former president of Viacom Music and Entertainment Group and USA Network[968][969]
Andy Heyward, former chairman and CEO of DIC Entertainment, founder of Genius Brands International[936][970]
Steven Hirsch, founder and co-chairman of Vivid Entertainment[498]
Alan F. Horn, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, former president and COO of Warner Bros., co-founder of Castle Rock Entertainment[971]
Bob Iger, CEO and chairman of the Walt Disney Company[420][972]
Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-founder of DreamWorks, former chairman of Walt Disney Studios[944]
Ryan Kavanaugh, co-founder of Relativity Media[973]
Marc Klaw, former theatre owner and co-founder of the Theatrical Syndicate[974]
Jonathan Klein, former president of CNN[975]
John Kohn, former head of production for EMI[976]
Kay Koplovitz, co-founder of USA Network[977]
David Kramer, co-president of United Talent Agency[420]
Ynon Kreiz, American-Israeli media executive, co-founder of Fox Kids Europe, former chairman and CEO of Endemol, and Maker Studios, Inc.[978]
Jeff Kwatinetz, CEO of the Firm, Inc.[979]
Andrew Lack, chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, former chairman and CEO of Bloomberg News and Sony Music Entertainment[980]
Carl Laemmle, German-born co-founder of Universal Pictures[981][942]
Abe Lastfogel, former long-time president of WMA[982]
Norman Lear, co-founder of ELP Communications and Tandem Productions[983]
Avi Lerner, Israeli-American co-founder of Nu Image[984][985]
Gerald M. Levin, former executive at Time Warner, Inc. and HBO[944]
Harvey Levin, founder of TMZ[986][987][491]
Michael Lynton, British-American former chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, chairman of Snap Inc.[988]
Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-born co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)[981][942]
Mike Medavoy, co-founder of Orion Pictures and Phoenix Pictures, former chairman of TriStar Pictures[989]
Barry Meyer, former chairman of Warner Bros. Entertainment[990]
Ronald Meyer, Vice chairman of NBCUniversal, former CEO of Universal Studios, co-founder of CAA[991]
Lorne Michaels, Canadian-American founder of multimedia entertainment studio Broadway Video, creator of Saturday Night Live[992]
Arnon Milchan, Israeli-American Hollywood mogul, founder of Regency Enterprises, co-founder of Summit Entertainment LLC; former Israeli spy[420][993]
Neal H. Moritz, founder of Original Film[994]
Les Moonves, president and CEO of the CBS Corporation, former co-COO of Viacom, Inc.[995]
Larry Namer, co-founder of E![996]
Marc Nathanson, cable television pioneer, founder of Falcon Cable[997][998]
James M. Nederlander, former chairman of the Nederlander Organization, one of the largest live theater owners in the U.S.[999][1,000][1,001]
David Nevins, President and CEO of Showtime[1,002]
Mosheh Oinounou, executive producer of CBS News[1,003][1,004]
Noah Oppenheim, president of NBC News[1,005]
Tom Ortenberg, CEO of Open Road Films[1,006]
Michael Ovitz, former president of Disney, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency (CAA)[944]
Amy Pascal, former co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment (stepped down due to 2014's Sony Pictures hack), founder of Pascal Pictures[1,007]
Richard Plepler, CEO of HBO[1,008]
Henry G. Plitt, founder of the Plitt Theatres chain[1,009]
Tom Pollock, co-founder of the Montecito Picture Company, former chairman of Universal Pictures[1,010]
Steven Price, co-founder of Townsquare Media and minority owner of the Atlanta Hawks[285][1,011]
Gigi Pritzker, co-founder of MWM Studios (formerly known as OddLot Entertainment); member of the Pritzker family[1,012]
Mark Rachesky, chairman of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.[1,013][1,014]
Brett Ratner, co-founder of RatPac Entertainment[1,015][947]
Sumner Redstone, media magnate, Chairman Emeritus of Viacom and CBS Corporation; majority owner of National Amusements, Inc.[1,016]
Rob Reiner, co-founder of Castle Rock Entertainment[1,017]
Burt Reinhardt, former president of CNN and co-founder of United Press International Television News[1,018][1,019]
Charles Rivkin, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), former CEO of the Jim Henson Company (a.k.a. Muppets, Inc.)[1,020]
Tom Rosenberg, co-founder of Lakeshore Entertainment Group, LLC[1,021]
David Rhodes, CBS News president[1,022]
Rich Ross, Group President of Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Science Channel and Velocity[1,023]
Steve Ross, founder and former CEO of Time Warner[1,024]
Joe Roth, former chairman of 20th Century Fox, Caravan Pictures and the Walt Disney Studios, founder of Revolution Studios, co-founder of Morgan Creek Productions[1,025]
Thomas Rothman, chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group[1,026]
Haim Saban, Egypt-born Israeli-American media mogul, founder of Saban Entertainment and Saban Capital Group, co-creator of Power Rangers[1,027][1,028]
Josh Sapan, president and CEO of AMC Networks Inc.[1,029][1,030]
David Sarnoff, Belarusian-born former general manager of RCA[959]
James Schamus, co-founder of Good Machine (acquired by Universal in 2002), former CEO of Focus Features[1,031]
Lou Scheimer, co-founder of Filmation[1,032]
Joseph M. Schenck, co-founder of Twentieth Century Pictures and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (a.k.a. the Academy)[1,033]
Leon Schlesinger, founder of Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)[1,034]
Reese Schonfeld, co-founder of CNN and pay-TV channel The Food Network[1,035]
Teddy Schwarzman, founder of Black Bear Pictures[1,036]
Joseph Segel, founder of QVC[42]
Robert Shaye, founder and former CEO of New Line Cinema[1,037]
Sidney Sheinberg, former executive of MCA and Universal Studios, founder of the Bubble Factory[959]
Ben Sherwood, co-chairman of Disney Media Networks, president of Disney-ABC Television Group[1,038]
Alon Shtruzman, Israeli-American CEO of Keshet International[1,039]
George Sidney, co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.[1,040]
Joel Silver, founder of Silver Pictures and co-founder of Dark Castle Entertainment[1,041]
Ben Silverman, founder and CEO of Electus, former co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios[1,042][1,043]
Fred Silverman, former president and CEO of NBC, founder of the Fred Silverman Company[1,044]
Bryan Singer, founder of Bad Hat Harry Productions; alleged date rapist[1,045]
Harry E. Sloan, former chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and SBS Broadcasting Group[1,046]
Jeff Smulyan, founder of Emmis Communications and former owner of MLB's Seattle Mariners[1,047][1,048]
Stacey Snider, former chairman of Universal Pictures, CEO of 20th Century Fox[1,049]
Aaron Spelling, founder of Spelling Television Inc. (Beverly Hills, 90210) and co-founder of Spelling-Goldberg Productions[1,050]
Mark Spiegler, founder of Spiegler Girls[1,051]
Steven Spielberg, co-founder of DreamWorks and Amblin Entertainment[944]
Ray Stark, founder of film production company Rastar (acquired by Columbia Pictures in 1974), co-founder of Seven Arts Productions[1,052]
Jay Sures, co-president of United Talent Agency[420]
Larry Tanz, VP of Global Television at Netflix, former president and CEO of Vuguru and LivePlanet, co-founder of Agility Studios[1,053][1,054]
Laurence Tisch, former CEO of CBS[959]
Jeff Wachtel, president of Universal Cable Productions[1,055]
Dana Walden, co-chair and co-CEO of Fox Broadcasting Company[735]
Albert, Harry, Jack and Sam Warner, founders of Warner Bros. (WB)[981][942]
Lew Wasserman, former executive of MCA[959]
Bob and Harvey Weinstein, founders of Miramax Films (acquired by Disney in 1993) and The Weinstein Company[1,056][1,057]
Jerry Weintraub, founder of Weintraub Entertainment Group (WEG); portrayed in the 2011 HBO documentary film His Way[1,058][1,059][947]
Patrick Whitesell, media executive, co-CEO of William Morris Endeavor and International Management Group (IMG)[990][1,060]
Irwin Winkler, co-founder of Chartoff-Winkler Productions and Winkler Films[929]
David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery Communications, a former executive at NBC Universal[1,061]
Jeff Zucker, president of CNN Worldwide, former CEO and president of NBC[1,062]
Adolph Zukor, Austro-Hungarian-born film mogul, co-founder of Paramount Pictures[981][942]
Source Wikipedia
Jews make up 2% of the American population yet have disproportionate control over the services, information, and money compared to any other group.
Simply stating this fact would make you a criminal.
Doesn't seem like a myth, does it? Still not convinced? Read the rest of the link above.
Any group that promotes or raises money, that promotes boycotting or divesting from Israel, will be labeled as a hate group, no different than the KKK.
Imagine if there was a group that boycotts Iran being labeled as a hate group?
How would that make you feel? The freedom to freely associate with like-minded people under a common goal, being made a criminal act, without actual criminal intent to commit violence or crime. Normal hate crime law is an add-on to a crime committed. It isn't the crime by its self. This law now makes it that way.
If you still think it's a good idea. Imagine government decreeing its a crime to criticize Islam, the federal government or any other group.
This is the first step in that direction and its happening under a conservative president WHO SUPPORTS IT.
I support Isreal but I do not agree when they commit crimes against humanity. With this law, you cannot expose any crimes committed by the state of Israel. You will be charged with a crime to do so.
Let's be clear, this law destroys the first amendment. To enforce this law, all you have to do is criticize Jews, Israel and any real crimes they might commit. This effectively destroys the power of free speech.
After all, the power of free speech is to be able to say what others do not like. If this passes, words not crime will be punished. Imagine if this is applied to speech that expresses disagreement with the federal government, local government or any other institution.
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