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Originally Posted by Barcs  I couldn't agree more. Race is a huge focus of the media, and the whole hate crime thing made it worse. Anytime a crime happens, the first thing everyone mentions is the race of the assailant and the victim. Then people are punished more if they are different. You've got the media, who is obsessed with race, and then you have the civil rights activists like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton who turn everything into a racial issue. This needs to stop. Racism has been prolonged for an unnecessarily long time. Being a cylon, I'm sure this hits close to home for you.  |
Hate crime legislation never made sense to me. If I hit someone it is still a crime and should be handled as such. If I kill someone I should be punished for killing someone. For sure if I intentionally kill someone it is not because I like or love him.