If you simply assault a gay person because they are a person there is no hate crime involved.

I know a lesbian who was hit in the head with a brick by a female who thought it was uppity of the lesbian to claim she was "too good" to have sex with the men in her clique a handful of them then proceeded to rape the lesbian. Can you spot the hate?

Sounds good to me- Hate-filled nuts deserve hate-filled justice.

I'm not surprised that punishing people for their unpopular thoughts/speech is something you support.

Is the damage any different ? Getting hit with a brick hurts anyone, gettign raped hurts anyone.

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If that's the case, do you write your posts from prison?

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Hate is now a Federal Crime. I suppose it's justified by the Commerce Clause and that old workhorse of the Left, the 14th, which has been used to justify everything from abortion to forcing a town in NC to keep "D" next to the names during elections.

Of course, I assume the Left even thinks about the constitution anymore. I may be assuming too much.

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I think it started with the Jews; they wanted a stiffer penalty for neo-nazis painting swastikas on thier synogogs than a $100 vandalism charge.

Not for their thoughts but their deeds when they kill someone probably because they are jealous.

No, I haven't killed anyone even if they were gay.( What a lame comment for you to make)

The way I see it is that a hate crime is a crime committed against someone for no other reason than they fit within some group, be it race, sexual orientation, etc...

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If it wasn't for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all...

Is it your opinion that such crimes should be federal offenses? If so, what part of the constitution justifies their inclusion as federal crimes?

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Y'see, hate crimes are different than regular crimes like armed robbery or rape, which are done on a much friendlier basis.

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The same one that allows including bank robberies and kidnapping.

Hate, though only recently recognized as such, is certainly a legitimate aggravating circumstance to any crime and the thought or intention of the perpetrator in committing his offense is recognized as a legitimate factor in deciding the degree of the miscreance even in the common law. The only reason you guys dislike it's classification as a factor increasing a crime so is that it's pretty much the entire basis of your politics

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You know, I'm really on the fence.

On the one hand, there are already laws which can be applied to crimes.

On the other hand, if someone is ignorant enough to beat the shit out of someone simply because of the color of his skin, I think he should be hit just a little harder.

I dunno'. I don't necessarily agree with it, but I don't have major issues with it, either...

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If it wasn't for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all...

Grrrrrrr!

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