re: #294 albusteve

…yiu have not made a case at all for hate crimes, neither has Jimmah or anyone else here…

Multiple Lizards have put forward reasonable rationales for hate crimes legislation, you just disagree with them.

IMO it is recognition that a crime perpetrated against an individual based on bias toward the group they are a member of causes additional harm. Not just to that individual, but also to the group and even to the cohesion of a community / society. It is a greater punishment for a greater harm.