Posted on 05/15/2009 12:08:49 PM PDT by Maelstorm
I completely agree with Andrew Sullivan that hate crimes are a left-wing, thought-policing scam. Here's Andrew:
"The real reason for hate crime laws is not the defense of human beings from crime. There are already laws against that - and Matthew Shepard's murderers were successfully prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law in a state with no hate crimes law at the time. The real reason for the invention of hate crimes was a hard-left critique of conventional liberal justice and the emergence of special interest groups which need boutique legislation to raise funds for their large staffs and luxurious buildings. Just imagine how many direct mail pieces have gone out explaining that without more money for HRC [Human Rights Campaign, a gay lobby -- RD], more gay human beings will be crucified on fences. It's very, very powerful as a money-making tool ..."
How do you prove intent? If a black man rapes a white woman, do we really want to inquire as to whether or not her whiteness was a factor in his decision to rape her? Is the injury to her greater, and the offense against society larger, than the black woman who is raped by a black man? These are the kinds of questions that the crazy "hate crimes" designation call up. As Nat Hentoff writes:
"This bill would make it a federal crime to willfully cause bodily injury (or try to) because of the victim's actual or perceived "race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability" - as explained on the White House Web site, signaling the president's approval. A defendant convicted on these grounds would be charged with a "hate crime" in addition to the original crime, and would get extra prison time."
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Mathew Shepard was a drug addict.
Mathew Shepard happened to be gay.
At least one of the other drug addicts, who killed Mathew Shepard, was ALSO gay!
Hate, it appears, was not the issue!
It was a drug deal gone bad, and nothing else!!!
Hate crime legislation is status legislation pure and simple. The closest analogue being Medieval statutes giving nobles and high churchmen extra protection. The categories protected by recent statutes are the new nobility.
What a pathetic bunch of loser; OOPS! now they are after me.
must go hide quick.
Wow, I didn’t know that. Thanks.
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