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mk · 4430 days ago · link · · parent · post: Shut up and play nice: How the Western world is limiting free speech
IMO hate crimes are an absurdity. However, if we are going to have them, perhaps then it should be a hate crime to harm someone for something that they have said, for isn't that punishing someone for what they believe?
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briandmyers · 4429 days ago · link ·
Hate crime laws are absurd because what you're really saying is, "if only you'd done that crime more dispassionately, you'd be in less trouble". If it's a crime, it's a crime; how the perp feels about it is beside the point, surely.