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Utah man gets maximum sentence in hate crime case

1.)its not a yes no question without knowing if the law in your area covers that under hate crime and if theres evidence to support it :shrug:
my answer stands

2.)how did i know you would dodge the question lol
thats a long post that says nothing to what i asked

the question is in fact valid as court cases, law and facts already prove

they are ALL examples of crimes that take into account thoughts, motivation, scale and reasoning . . . . do you agree with that or not?
you claim was thought and motivation should be taken into account and im asking if you truly feel that way or just in the case of hate crimes

this is the way the law already factually works, thats not up for debate, so do you agree with it or not?

You've exceeded yourself in terms of twisting arguments. How heinous the crime is based on motivation definitely should impact the punishment, as I stated motivation was an over generalization I made, and stipulated with my answer that political motivation should not be an extra crime of itself.

It is a federal law, hate crimes. It is not based on area or region. The definition of a hate crime is "noun
a crime motivated by racial, sexual, or other prejudice, typically one involving violence."

Your answer stands because you refuse to answer the question that's actually very limited of you to dodge the question with "I don't know" according to the definition of hate crimes, and the statues of the federal hate crime laws political prejudice falls under the statements of the law. A communist attacking a nazi because he is a nazi is the exact same Thing as a nazi attacking a communist because he's a communist.

The difference is the courts decide whether to charge someone according to the specific law. Such as, the killing of Michael brown makes people believe the charging of the officer with hate crime laws needs to be fulfilled or else the black community of ferguson doesn't feel represented, effectively causing more racial division when he is not indicted. Or, the Bosnian community of St. Louis feels the charging of the teenagers who murdered zemir begic with hate crime laws or else they will feel misrepresented. This is how hate crime laws create more division to suggest its subjective opinion is a ridiculous way to scape goat thought crimes. Jim Crow laws didn't divide people, subjective opinion did, really?

Now, as I said with my answer, motivation should play in to the role of how heinous a crime is while committed, however motivation should not be a crime in of itself. You don't understand hate crime laws. Hate crime laws are additional charges. I murder you is murder, I murder you because your a different religion is a murder and a hate crime.
 
1.)You've exceeded yourself in terms of twisting arguments.
2.) How heinous the crime is based on motivation definitely should impact the punishment, as I stated motivation was an over generalization I made, and stipulated with my answer that political motivation should not be an extra crime of itself.
3.)It is a federal law, hate crimes. It is not based on area or region. The definition of a hate crime is "noun
a crime motivated by racial, sexual, or other prejudice, typically one involving violence."
4.)Your answer stands because you refuse to answer the question that's actually very limited of you to dodge the question with "I don't know" according to the definition of hate crimes, and the statues of the federal hate crime laws political prejudice falls under the statements of the law. A communist attacking a nazi because he is a nazi is the exact same Thing as a nazi attacking a communist because he's a communist.
5.)The difference is the courts decide whether to charge someone according to the specific law. Such as, the killing of Michael brown makes people believe the charging of the officer with hate crime laws needs to be fulfilled or else the black community of ferguson doesn't feel represented, effectively causing more racial division when he is not indicted. Or, the Bosnian community of St. Louis feels the charging of the teenagers who murdered zemir begic with hate crime laws or else they will feel misrepresented. This is how hate crime laws create more division to suggest its subjective opinion is a ridiculous way to scape goat thought crimes.
6.)Jim Crow laws didn't divide people, subjective opinion did, really?
7.)Now, as I said with my answer, motivation should play in to the role of how heinous a crime is while committed, however motivation should not be a crime in of itself.
8.) You don't understand hate crime laws. Hate crime laws are additional charges. I murder you is murder, I murder you because your a different religion is a murder and a hate crime.

1.) wrong again since i havent provided any arguments i simply pointed out the fact that thoughts, motivation, scale and reasoning are already taken into account for many laws and crimes. if you think i twisted anythign simply point it out instead of making stuff up
2.) so you are retracting you original statments ans saying sometimes you think its ok and sometimes you dont. Got it.
3.) then there you have it, if that is true and theres no sub/lower level laws (which i doubt but i dont know) then its not a hate crime based on law

just like you punching a girl cause you think she is ugly isnt a hate crime but punching her cause she is gay could be
4.) yes i know it stands and i didnt answer because based on what you gave me there was no answer, there was ZERO dodge, i honestly did not know what the info you provided lol that fact also cant be refuted
5.) again feelings dont matter to rights and laws nor does the black community all agree so no division is cause by law its once again cause by people that simply think thier feelings matter more than law, rights and evidence.

it is in fact subjective opinion and nothing more of people that dont value facts, laws and rights. There is ZERO scape goat there lol.
the crime does in fact need evidence and without it it doesnt work work
6.) LMAO jim crow laws =/= hate crime laws. Wow talking about desperation and somethign is not analogous and dishonest
7.) so again you are changing your original statments, thank you
8.)weird, i dont? wrong again since what you just said was pretty much my exact answer i gave earlier when i said, heere let me qoute myself

in my opinion if it were up to me and those witnesses seemed credible and were willing to testify i would at least add hate crime to the charges and then it would be up to the jury to determine if the evidence was strong enough to stick. AGain it simply doesnt matter what i think.
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your mistake again

im glad you retracted and added to your original statements though and now i understand that you support thoughts, motivation, scale and reasoning being used and sometimes you dont.

anythign else i can help you with?
 
hate crimes, by definition involve perpetrators with a higher predisposition to recidivism.
 
hate crimes, by definition involve perpetrators with a higher predisposition to recidivism.

Do they? How did that work out here? Had this dude been to jail? Do we know he's more likely to recommit?

Hate crime legislation is stupid. The crime here is threatening the life of another, it makes no difference as to what retard motivation spurred the threat; it's the threat itself that counts.
 
1.) wrong again since i havent provided any arguments i simply pointed out the fact that thoughts, motivation, scale and reasoning are already taken into account for many laws and crimes. if you think i twisted anythign simply point it out instead of making stuff up
2.) so you are retracting you original statments ans saying sometimes you think its ok and sometimes you dont. Got it.
3.) then there you have it, if that is true and theres no sub/lower level laws (which i doubt but i dont know) then its not a hate crime based on law

just like you punching a girl cause you think she is ugly isnt a hate crime but punching her cause she is gay could be
4.) yes i know it stands and i didnt answer because based on what you gave me there was no answer, there was ZERO dodge, i honestly did not know what the info you provided lol that fact also cant be refuted
5.) again feelings dont matter to rights and laws nor does the black community all agree so no division is cause by law its once again cause by people that simply think thier feelings matter more than law, rights and evidence.

it is in fact subjective opinion and nothing more of people that dont value facts, laws and rights. There is ZERO scape goat there lol.
the crime does in fact need evidence and without it it doesnt work work
6.) LMAO jim crow laws =/= hate crime laws. Wow talking about desperation and somethign is not analogous and dishonest
7.) so again you are changing your original statments, thank you
8.)weird, i dont? wrong again since what you just said was pretty much my exact answer i gave earlier when i said, heere let me qoute myself



your mistake again

im glad you retracted and added to your original statements though and now i understand that you support thoughts, motivation, scale and reasoning being used and sometimes you dont.

anythign else i can help you with?

1. I state motivation should not be a crime of itself. I suggest I misspoke because I said not charge based on motivation rather then crime of itself you did not prove any of this to be false, you actually started arguing with me for no inherent reason

2. It's not "sometimes it's ok sometimes it's not" it's that we can't charge motivation itself but rather how heinous the crime is which is my point

3. So attacking someone based on political thought is not a form of prejudice? What if you hate ugly people and that's why you punched her, is that now a hate crime? Or you think all black girls are ugly so you punch a black girl because she's ugly is that now a hate crime where does the line start and end?

4. Info I provided is the inherent crime based on political prejudice and if that is a hate crime by definition, and you stated you don't know which shows how confusing and broad hate crime laws actually are

5. It is opinion of the matter, yes, however my argument is that this policy causes more division which is shown with my examples that you aren't able to refute that it's the policy.

6. No Jim Crow laws aren't hate crime laws but you stated subjective opinion causes division not laws.

7. I'm not changing my original opinion, however I have suggested I over generalized, I should have been more specific and you're right about that. Now I still think motivation should not be a crime in of itself

8. So you think motivation should be a crime of itself? Should a killer get a lesser sentence then a different killer because he lacked actual motivation and was just a psychopath? If no then shouldn't motivation be only in regards to certain aspects of the heinous crime itself? A white guy killing a black guy because he's black should be given more prison time due to how heinous that crime is. But that doesn't mean we should bring in thought crimes because when we fail to bring in those thought crimes it will undoubtedly bring in more division. Thanks for your attempt to help while refusing to answer my questions. I don't even know why you started trying to debate me in the first place I seriously just asked you a question.
 
1. I state motivation should not be a crime of itself. I suggest I misspoke because I said not charge based on motivation rather then crime of itself you did not prove any of this to be false, you actually started arguing with me for no inherent reason

2. It's not "sometimes it's ok sometimes it's not" it's that we can't charge motivation itself but rather how heinous the crime is which is my point

3. So attacking someone based on political thought is not a form of prejudice?
4.) What if you hate ugly people and that's why you punched her, is that now a hate crime? Or you think all black girls are ugly so you punch a black girl because she's ugly is that now a hate crime
5.) where does the line start and end?
6.) Info I provided is the inherent crime based on political prejudice and if that is a hate crime by definition, and you stated you don't know which shows how confusing and broad hate crime laws actually are
7.) It is opinion of the matter, yes, however my argument is that this policy causes more division which is shown with my examples that you aren't able to refute that it's the policy.
8.) No Jim Crow laws aren't hate crime laws but you stated subjective opinion causes division not laws.
9.). I'm not changing my original opinion, however I have suggested I over generalized, I should have been more specific and you're right about that. Now I still think motivation should not be a crime in of itself

10) So you think motivation should be a crime of itself? Should a killer get a lesser sentence then a different killer because he lacked actual motivation and was just a psychopath? If no then shouldn't motivation be only in regards to certain aspects of the heinous crime itself? A white guy killing a black guy because he's black should be given more prison time due to how heinous that crime is.
11.) But that doesn't mean we should bring in thought crimes because when we fail to bring in those thought crimes it will undoubtedly bring in more division.
12.)Thanks for your attempt to help while refusing to answer my questions.
13.) I don't even know why you started trying to debate me in the first place I seriously just asked you a question.

1.) yes i know you took back your original statement
who said i proved anythign wrong?
no i didnt start the argument you did lol
i still am not arguing, i pointed out a fact that you didnt like about your statements and now you retracted them and clarified them
2.) good thing i never said otherwise and yes you admit that sometimes its ok and sometimes its not
3.) weird, who said that? not me, do you frequently make up strawman like this?
4.) not by your description of law
5.) same place it does for all laws based on written law judge and jury
6.) wrong again i simply pointed out that i didnt know because laws vary from areas. Yes you are pointing to federal laws but federal laws also have state standards that coincied with them at times and add to them. ANd i also mentioned evidence. It wanst based on "confusion"
7.) you havent shown one single example that increases division based on law . . not one . . only based on feelings lol
8.) nope wrong again i stated that in your examples the cause of division is feelings and that fact reminds true
9.) but you did, you changed your opinion as it was written, In you head you may have not of changed it but you fixed your statments which did actually represent your opinion as written.
10.) did i say that? nope another failed straw man
11.) again you are talking about feelings which dont matter to law and rights.
people make the same argument about equal rights for woman, minority and now gay rights. the law itself wont cause the division in those cases. Bigots and thier feelings will.
12.) you're welcome and all questions asked that had answered were answered but feel free to make more stuff up.
13.) i didnt, what debate? lol i just pointed out facts that went against your statments that you have now changed. Good job realizing they weren't good and logical sound statments. You're welcome again.
 
thats way i said "almost" shocking
and its not the racist part that is shocking, there bigots right on this board and racism is still wide spread

it was the whole writing a letter and mailing it to your neighbor telling them you are going to murder them thing that just surprised me

i know racism comes from ignorance and stupidity but jeez lol

but yes people are warped

He's a dangerous nut job. There's something wrong with him.
 
He's a dangerous nut job. There's something wrong with him.

Cant say i disagree in the slightest . . . im glad he will be locked up then watched for a while
hopefully a psych eval is dont also
 
1.) yes i know you took back your original statement
who said i proved anythign wrong?
no i didnt start the argument you did lol
i still am not arguing, i pointed out a fact that you didnt like about your statements and now you retracted them and clarified them
2.) good thing i never said otherwise and yes you admit that sometimes its ok and sometimes its not
3.) weird, who said that? not me, do you frequently make up strawman like this?
4.) not by your description of law
5.) same place it does for all laws based on written law judge and jury
6.) wrong again i simply pointed out that i didnt know because laws vary from areas. Yes you are pointing to federal laws but federal laws also have state standards that coincied with them at times and add to them. ANd i also mentioned evidence. It wanst based on "confusion"
7.) you havent shown one single example that increases division based on law . . not one . . only based on feelings lol
8.) nope wrong again i stated that in your examples the cause of division is feelings and that fact reminds true
9.) but you did, you changed your opinion as it was written, In you head you may have not of changed it but you fixed your statments which did actually represent your opinion as written.
10.) did i say that? nope another failed straw man
11.) again you are talking about feelings which dont matter to law and rights.
people make the same argument about equal rights for woman, minority and now gay rights. the law itself wont cause the division in those cases. Bigots and thier feelings will.
12.) you're welcome and all questions asked that had answered were answered but feel free to make more stuff up.
13.) i didnt, what debate? lol i just pointed out facts that went against your statments that you have now changed. Good job realizing they weren't good and logical sound statments. You're welcome again.

1.http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...-gets-maximum-sentence-hate-crime-case-3.html look at your post on this page, that's when you start debating me at the top of the page

2. When did I say it's ok to sometimes charge motivation crimes on someone and when it's not, I do state the motivation can play a role in how heinous a crime is and that should effect punishment. You stated we should charge someone on hate crime charges that is stating that it's ok to charge some one with crimes of motivation.

3. Well you effectively led me to that conclusion by refusing to answer the question if attacking someone based on political thought is a hate crime or not. This isn't a strawman this is asking you what you think and you saying "I don't know know enough to answer"

4. My description of the law is the definition I showed you. But ok then I guess you don't think hitting a girl because you hate ugly people isn't a form of prejudice

5. I'm asking your own personal interpretation of where the line starts and ends and your suggesting that you don't know and that it's up to judges. Which then again shows the confusion of the law. The line where murder starts is when someone kills someone with the intent to kill the person. That's where it starts that's where it ends.

6. Federal laws don't vary from areas. This is ridiculous

7. ... Ok so I guess the Bosnians upset about the lack of hate crime charges isn't a direct result of the policy

8. "7.) no it simply shows people will value thier opinions over facts and laws. Any division is created by subjective opinions not law." Your quote

9. No I just over generalized my opinion this is not debatable your just trying to pinpoint reasons to try to disagree with an accidental over generalization then the actual point of the statement And still, I never admitted to charging people based on motivation but rather admitted that motivation plays a role in how bad a crime is.

10. The minute you said to charge someone on hate crime charges is the minute you suggest we should create motivation as a crime. I was asking you if you would agree that motivation should not be a crime but that solely the act itself should be the crime

11. It will cause and has caused more division talking about women's rights and gay rights shows no factual refutation of this. Feelings are a direct reflection of policy. It's not just an "opinion". That's like saying we should accept the NSA spying because it's the new law and if you disagree with that it's just a subjective opinion. Which is completely outrageous to any educated constitutional loving person.

12. I'm glad an educated man of your statue is so ready to disagree with someone based on argument rather then actually discuss and learn together.
 
yeah i dont understand why hate crime laws are confusing to people. dont get me wrong i want ALL laws to be used and enforced properly with proper evidence but other than that theres nothing to understand.

we already have many laws that follow suit like assault and aggravated assault etc.

I need some clarification.

Was the crime writing the letter or the threat?

Was the threat credible? Could he have carried it out?
 
1. look at your post on this page, that's when you start debating me at the top of the page

2. When did I say it's ok to sometimes charge motivation crimes on someone and when it's not, I do state the motivation can play a role in how heinous a crime is and that should effect punishment.
3.) You stated we should charge someone on hate crime charges that is stating that it's ok to charge some one with crimes of motivation.
4,) Well you effectively led me to that conclusion by refusing to answer the question if attacking someone based on political thought is a hate crime or not. This isn't a strawman this is asking you what you think and you saying "I don't know know enough to answer"
5.) My description of the law is the definition I showed you. But ok then I guess you don't think hitting a girl because you hate ugly people isn't a form of prejudice
6.) I'm asking your own personal interpretation of where the line starts and ends and your suggesting that you don't know and that it's up to judges. Which then again shows the confusion of the law.
7.) The line where murder starts is when someone kills someone with the intent to kill the person. That's where it starts that's where it ends.
8.) Federal laws don't vary from areas. This is ridiculous
9.) ... Ok so I guess the Bosnians upset about the lack of hate crime charges isn't a direct result of the policy
10) " no it simply shows people will value thier opinions over facts and laws. Any division is created by subjective opinions not law." Your quote
11.) No I just over generalized my opinion this is not debatable your just trying to pinpoint reasons to try to disagree with an accidental over generalization then the actual point of the statement And still, I never admitted to charging people based on motivation but rather admitted that motivation plays a role in how bad a crime is.
12.) The minute you said to charge someone on hate crime charges is the minute you suggest we should create motivation as a crime. I was asking you if you would agree that motivation should not be a crime but the solely the act should be the crime
13.) It will cause and has caused more division talking about women's rights and gay rights shows no factual refutation of this. Feelings are a direct reflection of policy. It's not just an "opinion".
14.) That's like saying we should accept the NSA spying because it's the new law and if you disagree with that it's just a subjective opinion. Which is completely outrageous to any educated constitutional loving person.
15.) I'm glad an educated man of your statue is so ready to disagree with someone based on argument rather then actually discuss and learn together.

1.) so you think like 5 posts into the conversation i started debating? LOL nope just pointed out facts and how your statments didnt fit.
2.)easy you said you just said it again, you support it in case but not really for hate crimes
3.) no its not lol a crime is committed first, motivation matters AFTER the crime is committed
4.) repeating this lie wont make it true, i never refused to answer, in fact i answer every time
your strawman is THIS "attacking someone based on political thought is not a form of prejudice?"
never said that in any way, thats why it failed
5.) BOOM! and there you have it ANOTHER strawman i never said or even suggested lol
hate crime is not ANY and ALL Prejudice. Thank you for proving you dont understand what hate crime is
6.) its not an opinion that i can thats why your claims are failing and there is no confusion
7.) 100% false, i can have the intent to kill somebody and it not be murder if its self defense. Are you from the us?
8.) good thing thats not what i said. ANOTHER failed straw man . . I said "laws also have state standards that coincide with them at times and add to them."
9.) what policy? but no its a result of thier feelings.
10.) correct thats my qoute about . . . . wait for it . . . wait for it . . . your example lol
11.) yes which means you stated wrong compared to your actual opinion. Thats what "over generalization means" thank you for proving it
12.) false since thats not what it does, thank you again for understanding you dont know what hate crime is, without a original crime FIRST there is not hate crime.
13.) actually it does, it shows the law didnt create the division but feelings and bigotry did. The law actually made us all more equal. THat just hurt peoples feelings.
14.) i agree that would be outrageous good thing thats nothing like equal rights and inst analogous on any level what so ever. Like i said my statments reflect the examples not stuff you want to make up.
15.) what disagreement, what argument you keep repeating this but ill i did is point out a fact and you went to left filed and everywhere else with it. But please try another deflection and straw man since your others seemed to work so well.
 
I need some clarification.

1.)Was the crime writing the letter or the threat?
2.)Was the threat credible? Could he have carried it out?

1.) writing a letter alone is not a crime, making a threat against life is
2.) if the threat is credible doesnt matter "much" once its an "illegal" threat in terms of the CRIME of illegal threats itself.
 
1.) so you think like 5 posts into the conversation i started debating? LOL nope just pointed out facts and how your statments didnt fit.
2.)easy you said you just said it again, you support it in case but not really for hate crimes
3.) no its not lol a crime is committed first, motivation matters AFTER the crime is committed
4.) repeating this lie wont make it true, i never refused to answer, in fact i answer every time
your strawman is THIS "attacking someone based on political thought is not a form of prejudice?"
never said that in any way, thats why it failed
5.) BOOM! and there you have it ANOTHER strawman i never said or even suggested lol
hate crime is not ANY and ALL Prejudice. Thank you for proving you dont understand what hate crime is
6.) its not an opinion that i can thats why your claims are failing and there is no confusion
7.) 100% false, i can have the intent to kill somebody and it not be murder if its self defense. Are you from the us?
8.) good thing thats not what i said. ANOTHER failed straw man . . I said "laws also have state standards that coincide with them at times and add to them."
9.) what policy? but no its a result of thier feelings.
10.) correct thats my qoute about . . . . wait for it . . . wait for it . . . your example lol
11.) yes which means you stated wrong compared to your actual opinion. Thats what "over generalization means" thank you for proving it
12.) false since thats not what it does, thank you again for understanding you dont know what hate crime is, without a original crime FIRST there is not hate crime.
13.) actually it does, it shows the law didnt create the division but feelings and bigotry did. The law actually made us all more equal. THat just hurt peoples feelings.
14.) i agree that would be outrageous good thing thats nothing like equal rights and inst analogous on any level what so ever. Like i said my statments reflect the examples not stuff you want to make up.
15.) what disagreement, what argument you keep repeating this but ill i did is point out a fact and you went to left filed and everywhere else with it. But please try another deflection and straw man since your others seemed to work so well.

So then what is a hate crime
 
So then what is a hate crime

hate crim has CRITERIA, just like illegal discrimination

here this will help educate you (federal standard)
Hate Crime | CRS | Department of Justice
Hate crime is the violence of intolerance and bigotry, intended to hurt
and intimidate someone because of their race, ethnicity, national origin,
religious, sexual orientation, or disability.

and so will this one. this one even tells you the fact you didnt know earlier how about how it does vary from state to state. The fed sets up the basics and foundations and that densest change but some states include other things. :)
hate crime legal definition of hate crime
The precise definition of hate crime varies from state to state. Some states define a hate crime as any crime based on a belief regarding the victim's race, religion, color, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, or ancestry. Some states exclude crimes based on a belief regarding the victim's sexual orientation. Others limit their definition to certain crimes such as harassment, assault, and damage to property. In all states, the victim's actual status is irrelevant. For example, if a victim is attacked by someone who believes that the victim is gay, the attack is a hate crime whether or not the victim is actually gay.

as you see it does vary and its not ALL and ANY prejudice

and for extra kicks the first link even talks about BELIEFS (feelings) of people thinking its unfair creating a subjective division in thier own head

is there anything else? honestly i'm here to help
also if you want to know anything about me and my opinions simply ask instead of assume.
 
hate crim has CRITERIA, just like illegal discrimination

here this will help educate you (federal standard)
Hate Crime | CRS | Department of Justice


and so will this one. this one even tells you the fact you didnt know earlier how about how it does vary from state to state. The fed sets up the basics and foundations and that densest change but some states include other things. :)
hate crime legal definition of hate crime


as you see it does vary and its not ALL and ANY prejudice

and for extra kicks the first link even talks about BELIEFS (feelings) of people thinking its unfair creating a subjective division in thier own head

is there anything else? honestly i'm here to help
also if you want to know anything about me and my opinions simply ask instead of assume.

Hate crime laws are federal Obama signs hate crimes bill into law - CNN.com regardless if the state takes the prosecution or not.

Ok I would like to know if you think that a white person attacking another white person because he has helped the n.a.a.c.p is a hate crime or not.
 
1.)Hate crime laws are federal Obama signs hate crimes bill into law - CNN.com regardless if the state takes the prosecution or not.
2.)Ok I would like to know if you think that a white person attacking another white person because he has helped the n.a.a.c.p is a hate crime or not.

1.) again thank you for proving that you dont understand the law or what is actually being said. States can still and do ADD to it and it still varies. This fact hasn't changed :shrug:
what arent you getting, why are these facts escaping you?
2.) again what i think doesnt matter wow lol its bouat law and rights

if he was soley attacked based on helping a org by fed standards that doesnt seem to fit since thats not the violence of intolerance and bigotry, intended to hurt
and intimidate someone because of their race, ethnicity, national origin,religious, sexual orientation, or disability.

but it might be in certain states or other jurisdictions

EDIT**

seems like when i go to the FBI website and not what you said earlier or the link earlier provided he could be charged based on this verbiage
Congress has defined a hate crime as a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic origin or sexual orientation.” Hate itself is not a crime—and the FBI is mindful of protecting freedom of speech and other civil liberties.

so it seems like he could at be charged by the feds definition
 
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1.) again thank you for proving that you dont understand the law or what is actually being said. States can still and do ADD to it and it still varies. This fact hasn't changed :shrug:
what arent you getting, why are these facts escaping you?
2.) again what i think doesnt matter wow lol its bouat law and rights

if he was soley attacked based on helping a org by fed standards that doesnt seem to fit since thats not the violence of intolerance and bigotry, intended to hurt
and intimidate someone because of their race, ethnicity, national origin,religious, sexual orientation, or disability.

but it might be in certain states or other jusridicitions

I'm asking what you think not the federal definition of a hate crime do you think if I get attacked because I have helped raise funds for the a.d.l if that should be a hate crime or not
 
I'm asking what you think not the federal definition of a hate crime do you think if I get attacked because I have helped raise funds for the a.d.l if that should be a hate crime or not
now you are changing it to the ADL and not the NAACP?
regardless i answered lol
 
... I do not agree with racism in the slightest but I also don't think we should legally punish people for motivation. ..

You think that political assassins and murderers for hire should face the same charge and sentence as someone who kills someone in a bar fight? Should someone with an illegal cache of guns be charged/sentenced the same without considering their intent to sell them to terrorists rather than just owning them for their personal collection?
 
You think that political assassins and murderers for hire should face the same charge and sentence as someone who kills someone in a bar fight? Should someone with an illegal cache of guns be charged/sentenced the same without considering their intent to sell them to terrorists rather than just owning them for their personal collection?

A bar fight death would be manslaughter and an assassin is charged win murder. I think motivation shows the inherent heinous of a crime. If you plot for a Month to kill someone is more heinous then an altercation evolving in death. But the forced additional charge based on the reason for doing it is a charging someone with a thought crime. If someone is selling illegal guns is different then someone owning legal guns your questions are two completely different scenarios and additional do not explain why charging someone based on thought should be legal.
 
A bar fight death would be manslaughter and an assassin is charged win murder. I think motivation shows the inherent heinous of a crime. If you plot for a Month to kill someone is more heinous then an altercation evolving in death. But the forced additional charge based on the reason for doing it is a charging someone with a thought crime. If someone is selling illegal guns is different then someone owning legal guns your questions are two completely different scenarios and additional do not explain why charging someone based on thought should be legal.

Motivation, intent and "reason for doing it" are essentially the same thing, so your rationalization does not make sense. Intent is rightfully considered in many criminal charges and in sentencing. The intent of a hate crime is to send a message to (terrorize) a group of people such as a particular race or religion. Hate crimes harm more people than non-hate crimes and that is the intent. In my example involving gun possession I said that there was an intent to sell the guns, not that they were caught selling the guns.
 
Motivation, intent and "reason for doing it" are essentially the same thing, so your rationalization does not make sense. Intent is rightfully considered in many criminal charges and in sentencing. The intent of a hate crime is to send a message to (terrorize) a group of people such as a particular race or religion. Hate crimes harm more people than non-hate crimes and that is the intent. In my example involving gun possession I said that there was an intent to sell the guns, not that they were caught selling the guns.

yep that reality isnt hard to understand
 
yep that reality isnt hard to understand

I don't fully know why it is, but many don't seem to get it. One reason is that the right wing media has created the impression that there are, or imminently will be, hate speech laws. Very few people in he USA want hate speech laws, there is no reason to think that they could get passed legislatively and they would almost certainly be ruled unconstitutional by the courts.
 
Motivation, intent and "reason for doing it" are essentially the same thing, so your rationalization does not make sense. Intent is rightfully considered in many criminal charges and in sentencing. The intent of a hate crime is to send a message to (terrorize) a group of people such as a particular race or religion. Hate crimes harm more people than non-hate crimes and that is the intent. In my example involving gun possession I said that there was an intent to sell the guns, not that they were caught selling the guns.

Yes the courts can sentence someone more on a basis of intent, but if a court fails to charge someone with a hate crime the federal courts have the authority to charge someone with the hate crime.

A hate crime isn't only added on time for the intent of the crime it's an actual crime itself based solely on thought. I actually don't agree with a lot of the laws we have today. I personally feel like laws are becoming more and more and our prison population is growing and growing because of the additional laws not because of the additional thuggish behavior of individuals. If I'm not mistaken, Your suggesting that since someone has a huge quantity of guns that it automatically supports the suggestion that he's selling guns.

I don't even think the government has a right to regulate the market in terms of gun ownership, however if a person gets caught aiding a threat to our national sovereignty or our society's own freedoms then that would be tyranny.

Now by all means people should be charged and the punishment should reflect the nature of the crime, but hate crime legislation is a law based solely on political thought and personal bias. It's a crime against thought plain and simple no matter how pure the intentions of the legislation are
 
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