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Originally Posted by guccilvr
I have an issue with "hate" crimes. Aren't most crimes against another person "hate" crimes? I think when people start convicting or judging others on what they think and not the actual crime, it starts a decent down a very steep and dangerous slope. That's not a slope I intend to slide down.
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The thing that makes hate crime different is that people are attacked, not for who they are as individuals or for something they did, but because of something they cannot control such as the color of their skin.
While I've never personally experienced a serious hate crime, I'm old enough to have witnessed such crimes and I'm grateful for the fact that such laws are in place.