They are at their root a thought crime.
If you sodomize a guy with a rotary air hammer - it is a crime - assault/sodomy.... If you do it because the guy is different than you - they then want to tag along an extra offense - you hate the guy.
What if you hate the guy - but don' t sodomize him. Why isn' t that thought still a crime?
Think that is silly?
Wait till the powers that be decide it is legit.
If you said " hate crime" in a US court 50 years ago you would have been laughed at.
If you sodomize a guy with a rotary air hammer - it is a crime - assault/sodomy.... If you do it because the guy is different than you - they then want to tag along an extra offense - you hate the guy.
What if you hate the guy - but don' t sodomize him. Why isn' t that thought still a crime?
Think that is silly?
Wait till the powers that be decide it is legit.
If you said " hate crime" in a US court 50 years ago you would have been laughed at.