Why is Hate Crime Legislation good for America?

Question

why should hate crime legislation be passed? what good will it do? just take away the rights of the majority of americans, to protect the radicallist agendas of the civil rights groups? besides, does the motive really have more importance than the crime it's self?

And how do you prove hatred? I watched on The Coral Ridge Hour a man who was a former homosexual tell the story of how he was punished by law for telling a gay man that the path he is taking goes nowhere, only to pain. The man was motivated by compassion and mercy, not by hate, yet he still had to go through the months of trials and (if I remember correctly) had to go through simpathy training, led by a lesbian couple.

This legislation hurts more people than it helps. besides, it's unconstitutional. the first amendment forbids the abridgement of the Freedom of Speech.

Why is Hate Crime Legislation good for America?

P.S. Hate Crimes include Hate Speech

Answer 1

'Hate', in the context of "hate crime", is a subjective term. It's something being pushed by the usual suspects, the Jewish ADL, the Jewish ACLU, etc. There's no way of dertermining whether or not someone committed a crime out of racial hatred. Moreover, so-called hate crimes are seldom applied to non-whites who victimize whites, but are almost always charged on whites who victimize non-whites (even though race was irrelavent). 'Hate crimes' are just another way of trying to get rid of the white male.

Answer 2

Agreed. The hate crime legislation was intended to fight crimes based solely on race, religion or sexual orientation. Its not just because a white person punches a person of another race. But, that's what it has bastardized into. Everyone is so afraid to upset a minority or gay group so they jump through hoops to try and prove how diverse they are. And you are correct about Affirmative Action. It had ts place 40 years ago... as major racial issues against blacks was common and accepted. But, today, all AA does is hold down minorities by giving the the mind set that they are second class people. It also ensures that the best person many times does not get the job due to racial quotas. This is especially a problem in Government service. People like Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton are actually holding down their own race. They need to keep racial tension alive as it keeps their bank accounts full. I have many black co-workers. They are educated and good people. They are insistent about telling me that the likes of Jackson and Sharpton do not speak for them. Those two nuts are no different than the David Dukes on the white side. He does not speak for me either.

Answer 3

I live in Canada. When I was in highschool adult skinheads would try to lure kids into white supremacy. Booklets, music and all sorts of propaganda were given out to kids when we were at the arcade minding our own business. I think that now that wouldn't be allowed here as we now have hate crime legislation. It is a crime to deny the halocaust so those skinheads would have been charged back then! I think it is good, but not when it goes over board like the situation you just described, that's nagging not a hate crime. But you also saw it on a tv show made for ratings. Not all speech is free speech because we all have the freedom to be who we are without derogatory speech aimed at our colour or religion or lack of a religion.

Answer 4

Hate Crime is simply another word for Orwell's "thoughtcrime".

Hate crime legislation is an insidious way for government to get into our heads and attempt to read the minds and motives of a criminal and his/her acts.

There are many lifestyle choices that lead to pain and suffering, so why should a sincere effort to counsel a person regarding homosexual behavior be considered "hate" when counseling someone regarding out of control drug abuse not be considered "hate".

Orwell was right. We've been living 1984 for over twenty years.

Hate Crime Legislation is nothing more than thought control.

Answer 5

If it worked for the white society as well it would keep the ones screaming for this legislation in check and there would be less of these crimes reported. Most whites don't fight this because of a disease called "white guilt". They caught this disease when they listened to a bunch of race-hustling bullies who gave them a lot of empty reasons to feel that way. What have we all learned about bullies in the past?

Answer 6

It is not good for America. Murder is murder. Taking a life is wrong for WHATEVER reason. It makes little difference whether you did it because you hate blacks or whites or cripples. Murder is murder and all deserves the same penalty. It matters not WHY you killed someone but rather that you lacked the self restraint or moral fortitude to stop yourself from harming another.

As long as we continue to identify race, gender, and sexual identifications we will always be referred to as such. Take these classifications off the applications and guess what... magically we are all the same.

Answer 7

iT'S NOT GOOD. I couldn't tell you how many times I suffered for being white in a prodomantly black neighborhood and was told "what are you doing here, white boy?" yet when I fought back it was a hate crime. The law is STUPID and was passed because the politicians live in a wierd world.

Answer 8

Wow....I'm shocked by the responses I've read so far. Yes--it IS good for America.....and it is necessary. I am Caucasian and can recognize it to be so.....if the history of our country was what it SHOULD be, then it wouldn't be necessary for Hate Crime legislation.

Since our history has been what it was, it's absolutely necessary for such legislation. In a "perfect world" it could have been abolished by now. Unfortunately, our country has not yet made it to this point--proving we as a nation can handle the responsibility of it all. There is still FAR too much ignorance poisoning our nation.

Having said this....I agree there are instances where it has gone TOO far and is abused by people and/or groups in numerous situations. It should certainly be reviewed on a regular basis to ensure these abuses are minimized.

Someday........

Answer 9

Perhaps if you were black or Jewish or a homosexual you might begin to see the rationale for such laws. Try taking a break from your video games and "sticking it to atheists" and put yourself in the shoes of people who are the objects of all this contempt and hatred.

You may have trouble telling hate speech from compassion – I don’t, and I believe no well-meaning person could. Hate speech is intended to get other people to despise, fear and hate some other part of the population on the basis, not of any crime they have committed, but simply on their race, nationality, or sexuality. When you hate people, you try to do them harm, and to get other people to do them harm. And that leads to oppressing them and then to killing them. This is what Hitler did.

You might also try to put yourself in the sandals of Jesus himself. He didn’t go around “sticking it to atheists”. He didn’t put down any race or group of people. He hung around with the despised and disadvantaged in society. He told the parable of the Good Samaritan, in which a member of a traditionally despised minority of society did the right thing by helping a wounded Jew, whereas other Jews had passed him by. His Sermon on the Mount says “Blessed are the Peacemakers”, and also the Pure in Heart, and the Meek and downtrodden. Read it, and see how you measure up to what Jesus asked for in a man.

And don’t think that because you “stick it to atheists” you are automatically going to be absolved of all that filth and hate in your heart. Jesus never asked anyone to “stick it to atheists”, he asked us to love people and help them. I can tell you right now, there are plenty of atheists who would be preferable to you in the eyes of God, or any person of general good will, for that matter.

Answer 10

Committing a crime because of hate is not protected by the 1st amendment! That isn't speech, that's a crime!