Is the language in hate crime statues hurting free speech? Is one side of the equation getting the upper hand - able to say mean-spirited comments, but when the other side retorts back it is to be considered hate speech or a hate crime? Should there even be such thing as a hate crime?
There should be no such thing as a hate crime - Crime is crime, that's it really, there is already a penalty for crime. If there is to be hate crimes for such things as hate speech, then we must enforce this type of speech equally. If so, when a homosexual says something derogatory to a heterosexual, and the opposite would get the heterosexual in trouble or arrested then homosexual should be arrested as well. If a black man says something mean to a white man, then those statements should be considered a challenge to fight or assault. Just like if a white guy calls a black person the N' word. By leveling the playing field, the hate crime or hate speech laws could be fair, but in this case, why not skip the whole thing all together?
If hate crimes are going to exist, which I think is silly, then at least make them fair for all. Unfortunately, those who are quick to call someone else out for a hate crime are MOST often the biggest culprits. So if we are going to have these types of rules on our books, then lets start putting them in jail, fair is fair.
This equality hate crime stuff is a joke in my opinion, and it is ridiculous, we have these laws, we do not need additional laws to serve a specific minority, which thinks they are above the rest of society. Either we should make everything equal, or delete those hate speech laws off the books entirely. Sincerely, Lance.
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