SuffolkCounty http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6492/all en "The High Cost of Harsh Words" http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/high-cost-harsh-words <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Times hints a politician&#039;s anti-illegal immigrant rhetoric may have contributed to the atmosphere resulting in the murder of an immigrant: &quot;Words have consequences. Steve Levy, the Suffolk County executive, is learning that the hard way...&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Combining the Times' opposition to enforcing immigration laws with a disturbingly cavalier attitude toward free speech, a Friday editorial, "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/opinion/14fri2.html?scp="1&sq=%22the%20high%20cost%20of%20harsh%20words%22&st=cse" " target="_self">The High Cost </a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/opinion/14fri2.html?scp="1&sq=%22the%20high%20cost%20of%20harsh%20words%22&st=cse" ">of Harsh Words</a>," hinted that aNew YorkStatepolitician bore some responsbility for creating a hostile environment resulting in a murder </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/high-cost-harsh-words" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Editorial HateCrime IllegalImmigration NewYorkTimes NYTimes SteveLevy SuffolkCounty TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:34:00 +0000 admin 6540 at http://archive2.mrc.org