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Originally Posted by willravel
Actually, this supports my other argument about hate crimes being about motive. We're arguing about the motives, while the voting record remains the same no matter what. That gives us a great deal of knowledge about the man. If he towes the party line, then he's likely to go hard line when in office. If he's a bigot, he may try to reverse some of the pro-homosexual legislation that's managed to squeak by.
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But is bigoted hate more likely to produce repeat offenders than greed or lust or other forms of hate?
It's very possible for a given hate crime to expose the community to more harm and more justified fears than a given greed crime. But the reverse is also true. It depends on the case. And if there's solid indication that the defendant might commit his crime again, whether out of hate
or greed, the judge already has the ability to give a sentence closer to the maximum allowed.