Hate

I agree with the decision made by Ursinus in terms of the actions taken towards which hate speech to leave or erase. Hate, by definition, is to intensely or passionately feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward someone or detest. I believe Ursinus made the right decision because one slogan was completely inappropriate and the other slogan was a form of free speech, the same exercise the Gay/Straight Alliance used by writing their opinions on the ground in front of Wismer. The slogan quoted by Leviticus, was just an opposition or rebuttal against the Gay/Straight Alliances views. Although, the second slogan posted in Reimart in response was completely inappropriate and uncalled for in my view. I believe it is a natural reaction to some people (not mine), but it is completely immature and unjust to post your views in a nasty words, using hate and other derogatory names. I believe what makes this slogan a hate crime, and not the first slogan, is that this slogan put people in danger. If I was in the Gay/Straight Alliance, I would feel endangered and I would fear for my own personal safety. The person who wrote the quote, “God hates fags” is obviously an author who is trying to put a group of people down and make them feel lower than him or herself. To me, this is a cowardly act, which makes the author of this a coward. I believe any kind of cowardly act like this is a hate crime because it takes people who are trying to unify one people together and the coward tries to rip this apart. To me, that is the definition of hate.