Member Submission: Even with Exit Paths, Sex Offender Registry Is Wrong
THE FOLLOWING IS THE OPINION OF ONE OF OUR MEMBERS AND NOT NECESSARILY THAT OF FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE.
As I share a concern I have, please understand I am not trying to start a war. I hope my comments will be construed as being respectful.
There are a lucky few registrants who have a path to deregistration. Many of us do not. We are “lifers.”
Respectfully, if you are one of those who will be deregistered, and you think that your crimes are “better” than someone else’s crimes, then you are entirely missing the point.
The point is that the twisting of our constitution and laws (whether it targets truly bad people or pretty-good guys who just made a horrible mistake) is NEVER right. – For anyone.
The problem is the registry itself, not whom it targets.
Furthermore, if there are approximately 1 million frustrated and angry registrants right now, and we can barely move towards our goal of elimination of the registry, then what if one-half of those people suddenly get deregistered? What if, suddenly, there are only half of us left to “fight the good fight?” Don’t you think that our cause for justice might suffer?
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Sure, you may be able to get off the registry…but does that mean “Hurray for me and tough luck for the rest of you?”
Half measures are anathema to our cause for liberty and equal justice. ALL registries are unjust, for they are government blacklists that foment hatred – government-sponsored hate.Â
Lastly, I say, let us not mince words with the so-called Sex Offender Management Boards and other officials who perpetuate this un-American and illegal scheme. For by doing so, we grant this scheme of persecution an air of credence and an air of respectability. We must present a very united front by telling them (respectfully) exactly what they are and what they are doing:Â
- They act in violation of the protections afforded by our various state constitutions and the federal constitution. (By twisting the laws to fit their own animus.)
- They act in violation of international human rights.
- They maintain a government blacklist and publicize that rag for the purposes of persecution of, and hatred towards, a segment of their own citizenry. (They Dox us.)
- They ardently, and with malice, act to deny jobs, housing, and welfare to about 1 million of their own citizens. (Public, government-sponsored Hate.)
- They deny our vote.
- They deny us public housing and SBA loans.
- They restrict us to modern-day Ghettos by enacting housing ordinances.
- They enact capricious and malicious laws designed to trap us and send us back to prison for innocuous, everyday actions like letting someone park their car on your property or sitting on a park bench.
- They have suspended Habeas Corpus. (They force us to appear at the county jail under penalty of felony prosecution for forced interrogations.)Â
- AND … They have enacted a set of laws that only apply to a small subset of hated and feared citizens. (This reeks of Jim Crow Laws.)
Let us be respectful and courteous, but we must tell these haters exactly what they are guilty of.
Thank you for reading this and considering my viewpoint. Do you share it? Or do you think that some people should be let off the registry, but the registry should stay in place?Â
JJJJ
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This will be my last letter to you all. So what is “We the people” are they a God within themselves or did God ordain confusion? Are we a prisoner of our own device, our own decision or choice or where does spiritual knowledge come into play in this sex registry ordeal.
While public safety is good are man’s rules better when it goes against the principals of the bible text to set up others for a fall. Something is missing in this sex registry equation played by those in authority that think they are above their own truth and compound true justice or is man’s laws gone to far in many ways and means.
Yes we can all forgive, love thy neighbor as thyself but is mankind loving thy neighbor when one sets traps for others in a sexual con such as this internet sex registry. Does one call that justice or social abuse, or government abuse in the land of opportunity or equal rights.
Guess one can say that is a more perfect union to set a trap for those that are weak or can’t stand up because of governmental abuse of government misuse in this world of equal justice and equal rights. Do we all hold our peace and hope true justice prevails or do many stand up for the truth and yes the truth is the heart is evil and desperately wicked. Should we say the same for government that abuses their ordained authority?
@ Saddles
My friend, why do you start with “This will be my last letter to you all.” I hope you are not going to harm yourself? Are you moving away? Are you just frustrated and do not want to comment anymore? I for one would really miss you if you leave, but more so I am concerned about the meaning of your comment.
Please reply and let me/us know what you meant by “this wiil be my last letter to you all?” Jesus said something similar to the disciples that confused them when He said He was going to a place they could not follow Him to.
Maybe I am just reading too much into your statement but I have always had a passion for people’s struggles and I always seem to be getting involved in some sort of “Saving a bird that fell out of its nest”.
Good catch, CherokeeJack.
What’s up, Saddles? Are you okay? (I, too, would miss you around here!)
Hey Saddles,
I read all of your posts both here and on Acsol’s site. You are a warrior for us and you are one of the voices needed to set yourself and all of us free. My prayers to you and hope you are ok. On a personal note, thank you for all your guidance that has helped me as someone new to the registry.
I read it and read it again in case I might have missed something. Nope.
Why the disclaimer; “THE FOLLOWING IS THE OPINION OF ONE OF OUR MEMBERS AND NOT NECESSARILY THAT OF FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE.”?
Why isn’t this exactly what Florida Action Committee stands for? I seem to remember reading a post from FAC in which FAC said basically the same thing?
I for one would like a response posted on this forum addressing this stance.
Thank you.
One of the artilcles on ACSOL page was “Because we can”. So was that an understatement of bearing the sword in a wrong way But “if” you do evil be afraid… That word if has meaning to it and also correction and I’m sure this registry needs correction.
All this thought process of many of these advocates seems to be going in circles when others abuse others such as in many of these registry situations. Sure we make choices everyday but who makes a decision to deceive another. Can all say law enforcement.
Their’s your servants of God in American justice.
Nothing wrong with reproving or correcting American Justice.
As one who had the chance to be removed but stayed in Florida I’m going public with it all soon. As for the “tough luck for the rest of you” No, I’m not going to leave you behind. You have my word. I am going to fight for all of us to have a pathway to removal. I’m going to need that million person ARMY behind me when this goes public. ( ARE YOU WITH ME? ) I’m going to need everyone’s support. When the haters come out we need to shut them down as fast as we can with facts. Anger and hurt doesn’t solve issues it only makes the stronger overpower the weak with force, punishment and banishment. They made these laws against us, not them. They have taken one group of people an created new laws that punish that only we are forced to follow, not them. What is next bathrooms and water fountains? We need to create our own form of race. Then we can scream racism just like the LGBTQ did. Think about that… “I’m a Sexer” this is what they have done over the last 25 years is created a new race. With that comes a whole new ball game. One they suppress now because they can. Put a race in it an we got some serious Federal Rights being trashed.
Hi Allan!
I am not trying to impute any sort of motive to you, so please don’t think I am implying anything whatsoever towards YOU. (I really am not.)
But I found something that you said quite interesting,
You said (in part) “…We need to create our own form of race. Then we can scream racism just like the LGBTQ did…”
I realize that the following is a decidely unpopular subject, but I mention it just as a point of fact. (I am not passing any moral judgements in either direction, or in anybody’s direction.)
1.) Some people have tried to call themselves minor attacted persons (MAPS) and claimed that it is a bona-fide sexual orientation and claimed discrimination based on sexual orientation.
2.) Some people have claimed to belong to a sort of religion called “pederasty”. (Instead of a cross, they had a nested triangles symbol.) They claimed discrimination based on religious beliefs.
3.) Some people claim that they are “pederast-MAPS”.
I don’t know if anyone has ever made a serious attempt to either claim under the law, but I can guess the outcome. They would be placed in a mental institution and never see the light of day again.
Just a thought, from a pragmatic viewpoint.
Interesting to note several years ago I believe it was in either Denmark or the Netherlands there was a political party that was trying to get laws changed so that children as young as 10 could be nude on tv or in photos and film it was called the united pedophile party don’t think it gained any ground as it shouldn’t but it has been attempted
JJJJ This is good… It’s good feedback. Yes, I know about MAPS an how they tried to come out with a lot of backlash. I’m talking as a whole if that is what they want to do is group us as one then we need to use it to our advantage. We are starting to get the courts to realize these laws may not be constitutional today with all the changes that have been made to them. We need to be a single group as a whole an hold strong. It is a very unpopular subject but it is one that needs to be addressed sooner then later. Soon, I’ll be faced with a choice to shut up an play nice or really reach out an do something for people who are on this wrongful registry with no chance ever to be removed.
I must agree with your pragmatic assessment. Civil rights laws prohibit employment discrimination for certain “protected classes” of persons. This includes discrimination based on sexual orientation or religion. In my opinion, our anti-registry cause would actually be harmed by trying to shoehorn registrants into either class.
There is not a snowball’s chance in hell that any politician would commit political suicide by proposing to include registrants in either protected class. An attraction to minors might very well be an innate sexual orientation. I don’t know. But trying to sell that to the public is a fools errand and would only serve to harden public opinion against registrants. Attempting to sell some church of pederasty would likewise go down in flames.
I truly appreciate Alan thinking outside the box to explore new approaches. We need more of that creative thinking. However, chasing untenable strategies could be counterproductive and will certainly siphon off our limited resources. Thanks, and keep up the good work Allan.
I felt compressed …all of the stipulations, restrictions, threats and promises to return me to prison by a list of ” being out of compliance,” that grows longer and longer each day.
jjjj, I agree with everything you said. I thank my definition of God, every day that I have not forgotten any of the “stipulations” of the registry. That just for today, I’m living on the other side of incarceration and that can suddenly change tomorrow.
I too believe that there is a difference between those who made a very bad choice and those who will continue; because that’s what they do. That, to me is the harsh truth!
Those of ” us” that have made this” bad choice”should rethink about where they are on their list of ” at least I didn’t do ____.
Edward
Wait until you get the call me and others have gotten. Two months ago a deputy (Fake cop) called me (I have an Unlisted phone #) and knew every detail about me and said I was going to be arrested. I called a lawyer and he said there was no warrant for me. I tried calling the registry office that I had literally just come from registering but the phone rang for 3 hours with no one picking up.
What is worse is, the idiot called my parents as well threatening them to turn me in or they would be arrested. My elderly Father drove to my house (I wasn’t answering the phone as I was on hold trying to get answers) and I was livid that this false cop was now threatening my family.
I finally submitted an online police report which they acknowledged was accepted but never got a single follow up. It probably went into the “Unsolvable crimes bin”.
I did have a call from a person who claimed to be a Sheriff Deputy and he told me I was out of compliance. That there was a warrant out for my arrest, and that they could cancel the warrant but I would have to pay the fees . If I don’t, they would come arrest me that day. I told him that I am planning on going to the Sheriff’s office in the morning and then he can arrest me there. There was some more discussion and I stayed strong and told him i wiLL see him tomorrow. I called Sheriff in the morning and found out that there was no warrant.
@ Edward
Well it is good we are informed and not falling for it. Having said that, I fear they will come up with some new scheme to catch us off guard.
My Dear Edward Ruggles:
Here are some thought from a Christian, religious point of view). SPOILER ALERT: THIS POST IS HIGHLY SPIRITUAL.
Do the words, “There, but for the grace of God, go I” make any sense?”
I thought that they might. 🙂
Look, God made each of us, and continues to love us too, as long as we remember that we are receiving “undeserved kindness”.
The (Christian) apostle Paul (Saint Paul. If you like, told us that the love and forgiveness of Christ (from his Father YHWH) was given freely. It was a gift.
Paul called it “undeserved kindness”.
We are each flawed in our own ways.
And remember, please, that when we point a finger at someone else (TRY IT RIGHT NOW) there are 3 more pointing right back at us. And that thumb points strait up to heaven.
I know this may sound quaint and perhaps foolish, but think (dear reader) about it, please.
Paul (a very wise man) also said, “We ALL sin and fall short of the grace of God.”
Maybe the “authorities” need to remember this before they sentence us to social death!
They, too, are sinners. They, too, need forgiveness, love, and understanding.
But they have forgotten mercy!
So, their harshness will come back to them.
You get what you give, dude!
PEACE! (and Agapè)
I asked AI to write a response as to the accuracy of this piece. Here’s its response:
“Dear Sir or Madam,
I agree with your concerns about the sex offender registry. It is a flawed system that is based on false assumptions and has negative consequences for registrants. I believe that the registry should be abolished.
The registry is not an effective way to prevent sexual reoffending. In fact, it can actually make it more difficult for sex offenders to reintegrate into society and reduce their risk of reoffending. The registry also has a number of negative consequences for registrants, including social isolation, ostracism, and difficulty finding jobs and housing. These consequences can make it difficult for registrants to live safe and productive lives.
I urge you to continue to speak out against the sex offender registry. Work together to abolish this harmful system and to ensure that all people have the opportunity to live safe and productive lives.”
(The actual A.I. Identity Is Redacted to keep it from being corrupted by political influencers)
From the mouths of infants!
(The AI, not you, haha!)
Jake
We all say what you said but we all need to stop calling ourselves sex offenders. That implies we are currently offending. If you were a truck driver and you retired or got another job, you are no longer a truck driver but a former truck driver.
If you want to call yourself a sex offender that is up to you. I do not dwell on my past but look forward in making sure that I never go back to being a sex offender.
I am:
A person
A citizen
A father
A Son
A Brother
A Christian
A Man
A Neighbor
And many other things, what I am not, is a sex offender. That is not being in denial, it is truth. If you are not offending and choose to no longer offend, you do not fit that label.
Yep, we are ex offenders.