2007-05-21 15:01:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Its only a hate crime if that hatred inspires you to act out against that person or group in a way that would otherwise still be a crime. Why is it so hard to understand that hate crimes do not criminalize thoughts or words on their own? It is only when those thoughts or words are coupled with harmful actions that it becomes a hate crime.
BTW, I, too, think hate crime legislation is a huge waste of time and should be done away with.
2007-05-21 16:14:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When your fellow religious adherents make the most noise about it.
If your Catholic this means being somewhat upset, possibly writing a letter to your congressmen or town councilman, going home and wondering whether if whatever you were offended by was as bad as what some priest did 30 years ago and has been doing up until 2 years ago.
If you are Jewish, this means calling a small army of lawyers and suing the offending citizen into civil suit oblivion while having someone at the state-house craft legislation to honor those offended by the horrific nature of the offensive action and then making sure the local social studies class is redacted to ensure people will not forget this either.
If you are Protestant, it means protesting your local quickie mart and ensuring they don't do business with whomever pissed them off in the first place. If they are a "damned" (liberal, communist, environmentalist, athiest) take your pick, they should be found and someone should "accidentally" on purpose ensure something unfortunate happens to their property.
If you are a Muslim, just find some other people whom don't seem upset enough about whatever you were upset about and chop their heads off and defile their corpses in any number of ways. Ensure you film the whole sordid affair and send to Al Jazeera.
Or you could be REALLY clever and write a missive like this which is sure to upset pretty much every group mentioned above, but in a way it REALLY shouldn't, because while it's certainly stereotypical and a little offensive, it's unfortunately not too far from the truth, in any case.
2007-05-21 22:16:59 · answer #2 · answered by Mark T 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
to answer your question, the failure to respect the deep religious beliefs of a group is considered a hate crime when a crime is commited against that group because of it's deep religious beliefs.
2007-05-21 23:21:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a hate crime is when someone is attacked because of what they believe, who they are, or how they look.
some hate crimes are pretty up front- someone calls someone a slur and them beats them to a bloody pulp without being provoked at all
with others people can do some digging- a man is beat up by another man. later during the investigation it is found that the suspect belongs to soem hate/militant/supremecy group.
now a hate crime charge may be attached-if a jury supports the evidence
-hate crimes are illegal because they insight other crimes and make people fearful to just walk out of their homes. it creates public fear, anger, and more hate. thus we make an example out of crime based on hate-
2007-05-21 23:18:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in hate crimes because MOST of the time it violates the 1st Amendment of the Constitution. You should be allowed to hate any group you want and be as vocal about it as you want. But as long as you don't violate any laws such as assult, vandalism, etc then what is the problem?
I believe that soon it will be a felony to hurt someone's feelings.
2007-05-21 22:09:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thought cons weren't big on the whole hate crime thing as it creates extraordinary rights, and screw that anyway I don't have to respect ANYTHING or PERSON who hasn't earned it
2007-05-21 22:06:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not have to respect anyone or anything...I certainly don't have to respect someone's opinion, politics or religion....but i cannot discriminate against them...If I were to do violence to them because of their religion, that would be a hate crime....don't tell me what to think or what to believe or who to respect.
2007-05-21 22:21:07 · answer #7 · answered by Ford Prefect 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in "hate crimes". That is just another way to discriminate and differentiate one unlawful act from another. Crime is crime is crime.
2007-05-21 22:04:53 · answer #8 · answered by gayconservativ 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
"REligious", and "Hate crimes" and HOmophobia, and genetic disposition.
What the hell ever happened to free will?
2007-05-21 22:04:57 · answer #9 · answered by Thomas Paine 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋