re: #193 WindUpBird

Thank you. I am pro hate-crime legislation because I believe motive matters a lot, and people who attack other people for no other reason than who they happen to be in love (or like) with are a bigger danger to society than a guy who assaults somebody because he’s a thief or cranked out on meth. Meth addicts don’t organize. Gay-bashers and racists do.

There are trade organizations built around meth, and there are gay-bashers who do it out of idle boredom and frustration. it is hard to generalize.

At some point, I fear that it is going to lead to something hopelessly entangled, like a gay, black Moslem meth addict attacking a Jewish lesbian pro-lifer and the “hate crime” aspect will do nothing but fuel one gigantic media circus.