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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Hate crimes are about degrees of wrongdoing. Just as there are degrees to other laws.
It's one thing to murder someone because of a botched robbery, because of revenge for something, etc.; it's another thing to murder someone because "he was a fucking faggot."
This law protects specific groups because of specific crimes targeted against them. Doesn't it seem natural enough?
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so that whole 'equal protection under the law' deal we have in the constitution, that can be thrown away now? specific groups of people get better protection because they are special?
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Originally Posted by Willravel
The only way to deal with this is to make the punishment for the crime so great that it will dissuade the bigot from engaging in illegal activity motivated by their hatred.
It truly is simple.
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so it's simple to think that someone who has a hatred for (insert special group here) is going to be deterred from committing murder because he'll get double life instead of just life? 
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