California Rolls Out New Hate Speech Snitching Program

[Webster]

California's New Hotline Program: Snitching on Your Neighbors for 'Hateful' Activity

Is California's new hateful incident hotline a way to protect marginalized communities or another authoritarian policy?

redstate.com

Here’s another example of leftists being authoritarian under the guise of trying to protect marginalized groups. California has rolled out a program ostensibly designed to stop hate crimes and other acts of bigotry.

How?

By creating a hotline allowing residents to snitch on one another for engaging in “hateful” activity.

The program, which is called “California vs Hate,” is “a non-emergency hate incident and hate crime reporting system to support individuals and communities targeted for hate,” according to its website. The state legislature provided funding to its Civil Rights Department to establish the initiative.

This program is intended to support victims of hate by giving them “options for next steps after an act of hate,” “connect people targeted for hate with culturally competent resources and care coordination services,” and “improve hate incident and crime reporting data to enhance prevention and response.”

On its “Frequently Asked Questions” page, the program defines a “hate incident” as “a hostile expression or action that may be motivated by bias against another person’s actual or perceived identity.”

Examples of a hate incident can include: “derogatory name calling, bullying, hate mail, and refusing service.”

Readers are encouraged to report these incidents by phone through a hotline or from its website. The group claims it “is not run by the police” and that it does not send any information to law enforcement without the person’s consent. The program will “identify civil legal options that don’t involve the criminal legal system, both through the Civil Rights Department and other agencies.”...

We've seen this before, folks...

 

[MrDawn]

We've seen this before, folks...

As much as I feel like there is good intent behind it. This is just the kind of thing that lead to governments like Nazism or Communism. The list starts small and then it grows out of control and before you know it, no one has any freedoms.

 

[Nebulous]

I live in California and I've never heard of this. I don't say anything hateful towards anyone so nobody will be calling that hotline on me!

 

[Webster]

I live in California and I've never heard of this. I don't say anything hateful towards anyone so nobody will be calling that hotline on me!

Governor Newsom Announces the Launch of CA vs Hate, a New Statewide Hotline to Report Hate Acts in California | California Governor

Californians can visit CAvsHate.org or call 833-8-NO-HATE for resources and to report acts of hate Callers can receive assistance in over 200 languages Governor Newsom and the Legislature have…

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