LiveUninhibited
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- Feb 16, 2009
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Live Uninhibited asks why so called hate crimes motivated by race are different than crimes merely motivated by hate of one individual to another?
Um, why? Are we trying to say it's more acceptable to kill or harass somebody based upon a personal grudge than a ridiculous ideology? Are racist killers a higher risk to society than people who kill for personal reasons?
I'll tell you why...because a race hate crime is one that threatens not only its specific target, but the race of that victim, too.
And since the purpose of law is to maintain a functional civil society, the crime against order of a hte crime is more threatening to that society than a crime of hate directed at only one person.
I often agree with you, but not here. A race hate crime suggests that the person may be more likely to target another person for their race in the future, but attacking somebody because you personally dislike them means you'll be a threat to other people you dislike, for whatever reason, in the future. Both criminals seem equally threatening to society. Both should be locked up if they act with violence because neither general racism nor specific dislike are excuses for violence.
Do you at least have a study to show that people who commit a violent crime based upon race are more likely to recidivate than people who commit a violent crime against a stranger for some reason that wouldn't fall under hate crimes?