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Originally Posted by maximusveritas
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.
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And as a rational person I think the punishment for a crime should be the same reguardless of the motivation. If I kill you because you were (insert victim designation) or I kill you for your wallet you are still dead and both should be punished equally harshly.