Posted by
Always To The Right on Saturday, May 02, 2009 1:31:58 PM
But this is really an endless loop, and that particular effort underscores Jazz Shaw’s point
about the 14th Amendment. Let me pose a hypothetical: if someone
murdered a white supremacist specifically because of his political
beliefs and color of his skin, wouldn’t that also be a hate crime?
Shouldn’t they also be protected under this legislation? Or should the
state position itself to approve of certain kinds of hate and not
others?
Update: Here’s an even better question. What about
crimes committed by neighborhood or family feuds? If I murder my next
door neighbor because I hate his guts, shouldn’t I be tried with a hate
crime?