RE: The problem with "Hate crimes".
February 11, 2022 at 12:22 pm
(This post was last modified: February 11, 2022 at 12:23 pm by Divinity.)
No, they aren't a thought crime.
They are an action crime.
If you kill someone because they slept with your wife, it's a crime.
If you kill someone because they're black, it's also a crime.
But the two crimes aren't the same. And targeting someone because of their race/sexuality/religious stance is inherently worse than just killing someone and thus deserving of a harsher sentence. It also says that you are predispositioned to commit the crime again, against the same race/sexuality/religious stance. Which makes you a threat to society.
They are an action crime.
If you kill someone because they slept with your wife, it's a crime.
If you kill someone because they're black, it's also a crime.
But the two crimes aren't the same. And targeting someone because of their race/sexuality/religious stance is inherently worse than just killing someone and thus deserving of a harsher sentence. It also says that you are predispositioned to commit the crime again, against the same race/sexuality/religious stance. Which makes you a threat to society.
"Tradition" is just a word people use to make themselves feel better about being an asshole.
