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Do you think that all murders happen because the murderer hates the victim? I think it's very possible for their to be violent non-hate crimes (e.g., murder for

• linuxhansl 14y ago
  No I don't. You are right of course. I just find the term "hate crime" a bit pointless. As if violence against a person is worse if the motive was hatred or that person is ... {pick any of: gay, black, white, atheist, catholic, protestant, American, muslim, ...}
  • maxwin 14y ago
    well, yes. It is worse because it is usually targeted not just one individual but a category of people. Even though the person who commits hate crime (e.g beating a chinese to death because one hates chinese) to only one person, the damage goes beyond one person. All the chinese people would feel the hatred and would be angry by that. The consequences could result in very very nasty back and forth revenge,war,mass murders. We had learned these painful lessons from history.
  • icebraining 14y ago
    Have you ever lived in fear? For your sake or your family? Your children? A crime directed at someone just because they are members of a certain minority causes every other member to feel like a potential target. I think it makes perfect sense for it to be punished more harshly; the damage is much greater. This doesn't mean I support criminalizing hate speech, by the way. Just harder punishment for existing crimes.