[ SECRET POST #2296 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2296 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Hate Crimes Legislation

[feathercircle]

I'm anything but on Leo's side in this debate but I really have no idea where that argument is coming from- it sounds like something that took a wrong turn somewhere en route to an affirmative action discussion.

Hate crime legislation has less to do with criminalizing people's thoughts (which is an accepted and ordinary part of our legal system in any case; it's why we draw distinctions between manslaughter and premeditated murder) than it does with legislating greater punishment for crimes with greater impact. Targeting someone for violence because of some aspect of their identity has the additional effect of (and is often done with the specific intent of) threatening everyone else in the vicinity who shares that identity. It's essentially a form of small-scale terrorism.

OP

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Now that's an argument I can get behind, so thank you for making it.(And yes, he did make the affirmative action comparison in his post.)