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re >I agree with liberals that legislation must make hateful
behavior criminal- where it violates the rights of others- <
Hateful behavior, i.e. murder, rape, theft, fraud etc., is already criminal, legislation won't change that.
re >but it is dangerous to allow that
thinking to make us believe we can legislate thought,<
Hate Crime legislation does exactly that... legislate thought. If it is worse to kill someone because of their race than because you want their car, wallet, or shoes you are punishing the thought in addition to the murder. If I kill you and steal your car thinking to myself as I do it that you deserve it because you are a Honky Capitalist Pig, er, I mean Republican is that a Hate Crime? Yeah, I didn't think so. ggggg |
