Some people have said they think hate crimes laws criminalize thought
Why that is such a bad thing, I don't know. It's not as if you get hit by it if you just don't like blacks or gays or whatever, it only catches you if you would act on that dislike. And to have crimestop wrt hurting people because they are different is not such a very bad thing at all...I think.
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winterfish
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Date: 2007-09-28 04:40 pm (UTC)Why that is such a bad thing, I don't know. It's not as if you get hit by it if you just don't like blacks or gays or whatever, it only catches you if you would act on that dislike. And to have crimestop wrt hurting people because they are different is not such a very bad thing at all...I think.