The effort by groups to use the power of the state to shut down political speech with accusations of “hate” has now reached our shores. Something called the “National Hispanic Media Coalition” has filed a complaint with the FCC about “hate speech” on cable news. This is the American version of the Muslim effort to shut down political speech in Europe and Canada (in fact, Nat Hentoff’s column today is on a UN effort to make defamation of Islam a crime under international law). Our version of this campaign includes the National Council of La Raza and the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is releasing a “report” tomorrow about how terrible I am (and several others too). Heck, this isn’t even about immigration any more–it’s an assault on American liberty.

BTW, this anti-free-speech National Hispanic Media Coalition has a business advisory board which includes representatives of the Walt Disney Co. and Southwest Airlines. This doesn’t seem like the kind of thing mainstream companies like this had in mind when they signed up.