High School Gay Bashing Caught on Video. Bully Got Off with a 3 Day Suspension.

[ClaudeLv250]

sethnintendo said:

ClaudeLv250 said:
People who complain about the existence of Hate Crime Laws are like people that complain about the existence of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Where do you draw the line?  Pretty soon anyone that gets beat up can call it a hate crime.  You know what?  They all are hate crimes because the person obviously dislikes the person based on something hence them beating them up.  Might as well include every race, sex, religion, sexual preference, etc into hate crimes...   Looking for equality right?  Then why not treat everyone equal and not make it more serious of a crime based on what race, sexual preference, religion, etc you are.  I'll probably draw some flak on this but I just want to know where the fuck do you draw the line?

I draw the line where it needs to be drawn. In other words, it's rooted in reality. Frequent attacks against people based solely on their race or sexual preferences? Scarily frequent. Crimes motivated by someone's like of a video game manufacturer? Borderline delusional.

Does this favor gays and minorities? Asbolutely. It's a country with institionalized racism, of course there would be hate crime laws to protect the minorities. It's an exclusive club but it's something most adults learn to deal with.

Are you afraid that people being accused of hate crimes were innocent all along? Or that the punishment is too harsh? I think anyone stupid enough to commit atrocities against another human being based entirely on sex, race or orientation gets what they deserve.