Whats up with this hate crime law, I wanna hear your opinions and reasons!
2006-09-17 17:52:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes.
Hate crime laws are just like all the other laws designed to institutionalize inequality of procedural protections.
Consider the fact that killing a cop is an aggravating factor (although some might argue it should be considered a mitigating factor) in homicide:
If you whack a cop, odds are you get the chair; if you used identical means to dispatch a drug dealer (that wasn't important to the local constabulary's *real* source of income), you get a slap on the wrist.
You can't get rid of hate, though: without it, there'd be no GOP.
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2006-09-17 18:19:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-12 02:30:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can get rather complicated, but the answer is no. Not all crimes are committed because of "hate." Some crimes are committed out of greed (virtually all stealing comes under this heading), or for the feeling of power. I do believe that there are some people who will kill members of other races simply because they have a feeling of animosity toward that race. There are in fact documented cases of just such a thing -- including cases heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court did handle a hate crime case over a dozen years ago in which a group of black youths assaulted a white youth merely out of racial animosity. Without a hate crime, the perpetrators would have been charged with simple assualt and would have been sentenced to X number of months in jail. But because there was a hate crime statute the perps received X+Y number of months in jail. The criminals received additional punishment because it was obvious, considering all of the evidence, that they were motivated by racial animosity. And it was a case of black-on-white crime. It seems quite logical to me that "hatred" can make a crime worse than it otherwise would have been -- not because the physical damage done was worse but because the motives were worse.
This is not to say that I agree with all aspects of current hate crime laws. As I heard it, the most recently enacted federal hate crime law included gender in its list of unacceptable motivations for crime. That is something I just don't get. I suppose I would have had to been there, in Congress, listening to testimony before the Judiciary Committees, and hearing some kind of true stories about people getting attacked because of their gender before I would have voted in favor of a hate crime law that did include gender.
2006-09-17 18:04:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think a "hate crime"- is a crime that's geared towards a person in a specific group. Let's say you HATE Santa Clauses (their white beards weird you out- for some reason). And then one day a Dept. Store Santa gives you the finger because you wouldn't let a little girl get in line to sit on his lap- first. Enraged, you go home -grab your oozy, and return to the store, only to find the Santa has gone to the North Pole for the day. Now more angry than EVER, -you storm out of the store, only to see ANOTHER Santa ringing a bell next to a kettle- two blocks away. Figuring that if you've "seen one Santa- you've seen them all..."- you run over to that Santa & blow him away with your oozy. THAT is what you'd call a "hate crime". (in every sense of the word.) :)
2006-09-17 18:19:31 · answer #4 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What state? I haven't heard that in the state I live in, (The Northwest)
Well, to some people, the ones who commit violent crimes are the ones who have major issues and lack of love, so they are hateful people I guess. By commiting violent crimes is a HAPPY thing to do to those who commit violent crimes who think they that is just a part of life to get what you want! Can we say, ISSUES ??
S'pretty lame isn't it?
2006-09-17 18:09:53 · answer #5 · answered by Cherries 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Legislating against "hate" is unconstitutional. It is thought control. Hate is not a crime. It is our right to hate what and who we want for whatever reason--society be damned. A crime is not made worse by what was in your mind when you committed it.
Hate legislation is Government's way of further enslaving the people.
2006-09-17 18:08:22 · answer #6 · answered by Paladin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hate crimes are usually defined to be a crime against someone because of their race, religion or sexual orientation. Attacking a gay man because he is gay usually qualifies as a hate crime. A rape. on the other hand, while violent, is generally not considered a hate crime.
2006-09-17 17:57:44 · answer #7 · answered by Coach D. 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
YES. that is my opinion.
Reason: hateful people commit violent crimes. That is reason enough, simple and to the point.
Hate crime laws are just another PC assinine tool used by the lefties to destroy our society by playing the race card every chance they get... and they use hate crime laws for other crimes also.... homosexual stuff.... even in cases where it shouldn't qualify....
Real hate crimes: abusing children...
abortion... murder... rape... etc.
2006-09-17 17:57:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Violent acts resulting from hate or some other stressful factor results in painful consequences; However, some acts of violence doesn't stem from hate, it stems from desire. A most unconscious mind of belligerence versus Social apathy in many ways.
People in general from all walks of life raised in some of the most horror circumstances is a basis for their actions in some cases, but not all.
There is no way to justify a true individual based on their circumstances that their life is much better off because of a good job or entrepreneur business status.
Serials kill because they like it and have no remorse. A guy walks into a house that is open, strangles the old woman to death and then fixes up a cup of hot coffee and cooks him a meal on her stove enjoying his kill. That is not hate that is Psychotic.
We live in a world of hate that comes from lack of understanding from every race to voluntary issues coming from all generations and to live in peace and harmony is an understatement. Be wise my friend, your life is in your hands. I rest my case.
2006-09-17 18:37:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's judging people based on how they feel on a subject, which is stupid. If I beat the hell out of a white guy, it's fine. Sure, it's a crime, but it's not a bad crime. If I beat the hell out of a black guy, and say I did it because I hate black people, then for some reason it's worse than beating the hell out of the white guy.
I hate racism, but ****, that's just dumb.
2006-09-17 18:02:59 · answer #10 · answered by silverwingedseraph 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋