re: #139 erraticsphinx

I don’t think all crime is equal. Intent matters.

Intent matters, but hate crime legislation creates protected classes of people. Don’t think that’s happening? If I, a white man, beat up a (insert protected minority here) man, the hate crime bonus is on the table for the prosecutor. If I, a white man, was beat up by a (insert protected minority here) man, it is much less likely that the hate crime bonus would even be mentioned, let alone used by the prosecution. Equal protection means equal protection and creating protected classes violates that. While that is not the intent of these laws, that is the result.