"Emos" now protected by "hate crime" laws

[El Kabong]

Brace yourself Lyle, you are about to get a bulletized retort in size 15 font and sky blue

Oh no, not SKY BLUE!!!!

[TitoFan]

What if I'm in the KKK and kill a black guy that cut me off in traffic?

The motive was he cut you off in traffic. It's not a race-motivated lynching.
Next.

Titofan you're a fan of this list, let's tweak it a bit

• You kill someone you found in bed with your wife. Let's say the man you found in bed with your wife is of a different race, does that make it a hate crime? The motive was jealous rage. Not a hate crime.
• You kill someone who cut in front of you on the freeway. Let's say it was a person of a different race, does that make it a hate crime? The motive was road rage. Not a hate crime.
• You kill someone because you had a fight in a bar. Again, let's say it was a person of a different race does that make it a hate crime? It was heat of the moment. Not a hate crime.
• You kill someone because he's an emo and you're not. Does that make it a hate crime? If you killed him solely because he's an emo, it's a hate crime.

Real life example of the prejudices "hate crimes" legislation can lead to would be the case of Matthew Shepard as opposed to the case of Jesse Dirkhising and also James Byrd's case as opposed to the case of Channon Christian & Christopher Newsome. All the cases listed were absolutely terrible, but only the minorities who were murdered had extra hate crime legislation either added to the books or added on the sentences of their murderers and THAT my friend does little more than create resentment.

I hope this helps.

[TitoFan]

Brace yourself Lyle, you are about to get a bulletized retort in size 15 font and sky blue

Brace yourself Lyle, you are about to get a bulletized retort in size 15 font and sky blue

Oh no, not SKY BLUE!!!!

The Batman and Robin analogy wasn't well received (VC refuses to be Robin).
How about Laurel and Hardy?

[VictorCharlie]

Brace yourself Lyle, you are about to get a bulletized retort in size 15 font and sky blue

Brace yourself Lyle, you are about to get a bulletized retort in size 15 font and sky blue

Oh no, not SKY BLUE!!!!

The Batman and Robin analogy wasn't well received (VC refuses to be Robin).
How about Laurel and Hardy?

Always with the name calling

[El Kabong]

Oh no, I got called Batman and/or Robin, how dreadful.......or are you implying that VC & I are gay, because I'm pretty sure that's a hate crime or hate speech. As a matter of fact I've been singled out by other posters and they've poured out their hate speech on me, I'm calling Gloria Allred!!! You bastards are going to pay!!! Little did you know I'm in a subculture group......YEAH! a Subculture group! And You're discriminating against me & hurting my f-f-f-feelings, and lowering my self esteem by cyber bullying and hate speech....MOOOOOOODS!!!!!!!! Ban Tito, he's hate speeching against me!!!!

[VictorCharlie]

The motive was he cut you off in traffic. It's not a race-motivated lynching.

Yeah but that is not how this always plays out. If a attention seeking prosecutor could allege that I am a racist (while despicable not illegal) then he can get his/her face in the news for going after hate crimes. "The traffic incident set this in motion but the victim wouldn't be dead if VC wasn't a KKK member." This type of law violates free speech b/c you are sentencing people based on their thoughts and beliefs. It shouldn't matter if someone is a bigot, assault and murder are enough in their own right to prosecute.