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Originally posted by Amethyst
I'm straight. Suppose I killed a gay person. I'd get more time for that than if I killed a straight person, if we had "hate crimes" legislation. What does that tell you? That gays are "special" and need to be "protected."
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Originally posted by SpittinCobra
If you kill someone because they are something, Black, white, brown, gay, straight........ Its hate, period.
Its the intent of the person at the time of the murder, Period. You can deny it all you want, you will still be wrong.
Originally posted by Bob LaoTse
If I, a straight white man, were to kill another straight white man, and I were to do so because I HATED him-- because with every part of my being, I utterly, completely and obseessively HATED that straight white man...
Originally posted by SpittinCobra
If you killed him because he was a straight white man , then yes.
Originally posted by Bob LaoTse
Straight white men aren't covered by hate crime legislation. The
Originally posted by SpittinCobra
Originally posted by Bob LaoTse
Straight white men aren't covered by hate crime legislation. The
It is a flawed, I didn't make the legislation.
Originally posted by SpittinCobra
It is NOT making a person life worth more, it was and is a deterrent to clans like the kkk.
Originally posted by Umbrax
Is there a link to this hate crime legislation?
I would think that such a law would be in place to crack down on thing like gay bashing or spray painting swastikas on a synagog. From reading this thread it seems like the law is in place to raise punishment in the murder of non-whites?