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This discussion all boils down to this simple question: Do you believe government should police the thoughts of others?
Thought-policing is what hate-crime legislation is. The crime itself is put aside and the focus is given to what nasty terrible thoughts they were thinking while they committed it. Now, I won't go so far as to whip out my annual income figure like will, but as a non-white non-heterosexual I will defend the right of the KKK to hate me purely for those reasons as much as I will defend the right of another to protest at KKK marches.
Thoughts are not crimes, even when they are ignorant and bigoted bullshit. I wish that people would realize the terrible implications of asking the government to intervene in this way. Ignorance and bigotry is a social issue, not a criminal one. It is something for society -- without government intervention -- to fix.
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seretogis - sieg heil
perfect little dream the kind that hurts the most, forgot how it feels well almost
no one to blame always the same, open my eyes wake up in flames
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