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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Generally speaking, people who say there shouldn't be hate crime legislation are people who A) as MysticCat stated, don't realize that motivation and intent matter for most crimes and/or B) are not identified as members of power minority groups who tend to be the victims of hate crimes.
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I completely agree. I think it's incredibly naive to think that hate crime laws should be abolished and they should be treated as normal crimes for all the reasons you guys have been stating.
Regarding this particular stabbing, I get the sense this guy was not in his right mind. Something seems off, but I guess we'll see what happens with that.
And finally, regarding the unfair and unbalanced reporting on cable news networks... the fact is the
only "fair and balanced" network is C-SPAN. Period. The key to watching cable news is filtering out the bullshit and recognizing that everything--including how they choose headlines and what stories get the most time--in full of bias.