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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
so before, it was illegal to kill a man. Now, it's extra illegal to kill a man because he's gay and you'll be punished more, but this law doesn't provide extra protection to special groups, it only protects groups who are targeted because of extra-specific 'intentions'.
so did YOU miss the point completely or do you not understand the Socratic method?
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You do understand that hate crime legislation applies than just to murder, right?
And while it was illegal to kill a man, you could show that the murder hated gay men, was violent to gay men, but he would still end up charged with murder 2 instead of murder 1 because he didn't premeditated and plan to kill that particular person. Hate crime legislation address the specific fact that crimes against certain groups were receiving significantly smaller sentences.