re: #219 jamesfirecat

Hate crimes only matter when you can prove that the person was specifically targeting the group whose member they attacked/killed.

There are people who can aim to specifically kill us whites just as there are those who go after blacks or gays…

There will probably be hate crimes committed against us “breeders” before long as well if there haven’t been all ready.

And that leads into an idea that was proposed by a conservative Maryland legislator. Since we have been saddled with unconstitutional-on-their-face hate crime laws, why not expand them? Especially to groups which truly are at higher risk of daily random violence than the rest of us:

His name is Alex Mooney. He’s a state senator from Western Maryland. He’s a Republican. And he was known for his earlier opposition to expanding the state’s hate-crime law to include sexual orientation. So when he introduced his homeless bill, he says people thought he was trying to dilute the law. But here’s what he told me.

State Senator ALEX MOONEY (Republican, Maryland): My view was since we have hate crimes as part of law, it only makes sense to look at truly vulnerable groups to include, not just to include groups that have clout, you know, in one of the political parties. And it’s my view, you know, as a Christian, that God created us all equal in his image and likeness. And I think homeless people deserve the same protections as other human beings.

Maybe we can make it extra-wrong to hurt anyone, and we’ll be back at square one: equal justice under law.