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Originally Posted by shinerbock
Well do hate crime statutes provide for additional punishment or just additional consideration in sentencing?
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You mean, you think it's stupid but don't know what it entails? You said you knew about hate crimes and the legislation.
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Originally Posted by shinerbock
I hope a person who commits a crime against me gets appropriately punished for that crime. If I get beat up for being white, I hope they get the maximum sentence for the appropriate crime. I don't really care whether they did it because I'm white or because I'm an asshole.
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Of course you don't care because there's no history (read: historical and contemporary trends and patterns) of heterosexual white males being victimized by others BECAUSE they are heterosexual white males.
Either case, laws don't require that you care. Lucky us.