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Agreed, but Roland00 Send a noteboard - 24/10/2009 02:12:11 AM
I agree, and while I don't think hate crime legislation is a big deal it makes no sense to me that

we have hate crimes laws for
Perceived Race
Perceived Color
Perceived Religion
Perceived National Origin

but not
Perceived Disability (the matthew shepard act added hate crimes for disabilities)
Perceived Sexual Orientation
Perceived Gender Identity

In my mind you have to be for the first four as well as the last three, or against all of them. It is very hard to argue for the first four without arguing for the last three, and the public as a whole does support the idea of hate crimes in theory.
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Matthew Shepard act passed Dominic - 23/10/2009 07:54:07 PM 1031 Views
Meh Brian - 23/10/2009 08:06:22 PM 624 Views
Federal punishment is usually harsher then state law Ryan - 23/10/2009 09:27:49 PM 606 Views
I honestly don't care that federal law is more harsh Brian - 24/10/2009 01:04:16 AM 593 Views
68-29, eh? Party line division? *NM* TaskmasterJack - 23/10/2009 08:25:07 PM 239 Views
More or less Isaac - 23/10/2009 08:35:10 PM 612 Views
All hate crime legislation is stupid..... trzaska2000 - 23/10/2009 10:15:02 PM 618 Views
I'm sure Orwell would be intrigued by his own prognosticative abilities. LiterateDog - 24/10/2009 12:52:24 AM 642 Views
Didn't we already slice crimes by degree of intention (e.g., murder vs. manslaughter) pre-Orwell? Burr - 24/10/2009 05:23:56 AM 615 Views
Not sure I agree there Isaac - 24/10/2009 02:29:13 PM 604 Views
How about DADT, or employment non discrimination, or federal benefits for civil unions/marriages? Roland00 - 24/10/2009 01:23:06 AM 623 Views
See..this is much more important than Hate Crime Legislation, and it actually accomplishes something *NM* Brian - 24/10/2009 01:52:31 AM 234 Views
Agreed, but Roland00 - 24/10/2009 02:12:11 AM 586 Views
I'd be more supportive of hate crime legislation as a whole if it made any real sense to me Brian - 24/10/2009 02:22:46 AM 600 Views
I'm sure the law is not supposed to deter crime, but rather to ensure justice. Burr - 24/10/2009 03:49:58 AM 539 Views
Which is one of the failures of the American Justice system Brian - 24/10/2009 04:53:33 AM 572 Views
Re: I'd be more supportive of hate crime legislation as a whole if it made any real sense to me Roland00 - 24/10/2009 04:07:52 AM 647 Views
Re: I'd be more supportive of hate crime legislation as a whole if it made any real sense to me Brian - 24/10/2009 04:51:43 AM 629 Views
Re: I'd be more supportive of hate crime legislation as a whole if it made any real sense to me Roland00 - 24/10/2009 05:02:27 AM 594 Views
Re: I'd be more supportive of hate crime legislation as a whole if it made any real sense to me Brian - 24/10/2009 05:27:35 AM 576 Views
So it's inherently worse for a gay man to get beaten up than a straight guy? beckstcw - 24/10/2009 03:45:43 AM 722 Views
Doesn't there have to be an indication ... Nate - 24/10/2009 04:33:49 AM 586 Views
Doesn't matter, Same crime, same punishment, with no extra preference given to anyone. beckstcw - 24/10/2009 04:48:22 AM 577 Views
It does matter to what you were saying, though. Nate - 24/10/2009 06:32:32 AM 648 Views
One factor in this I don't like though Isaac - 24/10/2009 01:54:53 PM 590 Views
Correct Roland00 - 24/10/2009 04:55:43 AM 589 Views
All orientations are protected. yew - 24/10/2009 05:17:55 AM 584 Views
Isn't killing or assaulting someone already illegal? beckstcw - 24/10/2009 05:50:15 AM 570 Views
As per my reply to you above: Nate - 24/10/2009 06:42:24 AM 596 Views
I said nothing as to what I think about hate crimes laws. yew - 24/10/2009 06:47:51 AM 589 Views
yes and how many black men are sentenced for attacking white men? random thoughts - 24/10/2009 02:00:26 PM 566 Views
Couldn't say, Ray. yew - 25/10/2009 04:43:12 AM 760 Views
I don't support that anymore then I support hate crime laws. random thoughts - 25/10/2009 02:33:27 PM 610 Views
they need to throw out all of the thought crime laws *NM* random thoughts - 24/10/2009 02:04:30 PM 221 Views
Minor point. Palatine - 24/10/2009 04:46:25 PM 614 Views
Yeah I saw that and kind of scoffed as well Brian - 24/10/2009 07:57:23 PM 591 Views
well since almost everything he said turned out to be BS why not that too? random thoughts - 25/10/2009 02:36:25 PM 597 Views
That's my main objection, yes. Legolas - 25/10/2009 10:50:49 PM 584 Views
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