White house opposes hate crime bill

[whatsupwithat]

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[whatsupwithat]

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yes, we can, dear lady. yes, we can.

[peggygee]

As for what Felicia said about a hate crime being more heinous tahn one done for greed, jealousy or economics, I totally disagree, you can't justify causing harm to someone else for any reason, other than self-defense.

Sure some crimes can be economically influenced, but that hardly comes under the purview of this argument, I've never heard of a a hate-theft, for example.

What I'm getting as a general gyst here is that if the laws were properly enforced/applied in the 1st place, there would be no need for hate crime legislation, no?

The Judiciary Committee cited FBI figures that there have been more
than 113,000 hate crimes since 1991, including 7,163 in 1995. It said that
racially motivated bias accounted for 55 percent of those incidents,
religious bias for 17 percent, sexual orientation bias for 14 percent and
ethnicity bias for 14 percent.

I will be supplementing these figures as I obtain them.

[jamans]

I honestly suggest that anyone who supports hate crime legislation watch the South Park episode devoted to the very topic

[chefmike]

And if the repugs actually manage to win the next presidential election, despite all their crimes and failures....

“Crimes and failures” … ChefMike’s usual regurgitation of popular and biased talking points.

And let's say that I happen to walk into a saloon after the election... and let's say that I punch the first motherfucker that says "great" about a GOP win, is that also a hate crime?

In light of your pinheaded and hateful sentiments towards your fellow Americans revealed in your words, by virtue that is a hate crime. However, it would be prosecuted, and deservingly so, as an assault.

Not to worry, Mr. 'steers and queers', you don't have to worry about getting punched out....because the GOP doesn't have a chance in hell of winning another presidential election for a long time...thanks to your fellow texan shrubya....piece-of-shit wannabe cowboy chickenhawk that he is...and you are...

[tsntx]

hey just b/c that crack head claims to be texan... hes from CT .... we dont want the tool.

[Galadriel]

I honestly suggest that anyone who supports hate crime legislation watch the South Park episode devoted to the very topic

I honestly suggest that anyone who gets their politics from South Park is a dipshit moron.

[chefmike]

hey just b/c that crack head claims to be texan... hes from CT .... we dont want the tool.

LMAO, Jen...