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Originally Posted by estreetposse
Why is it more of a crime to hurt or kill someone(gay,black,muslim,etc.) out of hate then it is for sh!ts and giggles(premeditated randomness). Assault or murder(premeditated) should be the same charge no matter the race, religion or creed. Labeling things in our society has gotten way out of control...why do we label anything? To be able to separate and organize as we need just like socks. The more protesting, the more laws that are enacted, the more we feel we aren't being treated fairly = the more our everyday rights are being taken away as a whole society. Keep crying about how people are oppressed, treated unfairly, don't have equal rights and guess what...there won't be any rights to be bitching about cause Big Bro ain't far off from snatching them away. It's time the American people bent over and used their good eyes!!!
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Only for this reason: Hate crimes terrorize entire groups of people.
I'm perfectly fine with your assessment that hate crimes shouldn't exist at all. That's a valid argument, and one that I have no problem supporting. Getting rid of them wholly is one thing, but if we're going to keep them and let certain groups have them (religion, races) but not a group that makes up ~16% of all hate crimes, something is very wrong.