[Gay State Conservative]

I absolutely reject the basic concept of "hate crimes".As a result I would,if I was a juror in this Federal trial,vote "not guilty" on all counts simply because the case doesn't belong in Federal court.

If I was a juror in a state trial I very probably would,if the evidence was convincing,vote guilty on assault or even something more serious than assault but I'd vote "not guilty" on anything connected to the concept of "hate crimes".

[a fool in paradise]

When 2 hispanic yutes robbed me at gunpoint and repeatedly called me nigger, the police didn’t give a sh!t about any hate crime or prosecution, they took their DWI task force (that I reported the crime to, on foot) out of my neighborhood for 6 months. Save their own arses from potential gang members with guns.

Hate crime prosecution is not equally investigated or prosecuted if you are not a member of a politically protected identity group.

[super7man]

I absolutely reject the basic concept of "hate crimes".

I agree with you 100%. People should be judged on what they do, not on what they think. This slippery slope ends in judging us on what we think when there is no "doing". It is 1984 in 2019.

[Bishop_Malachi]

I absolutely reject the basic concept of “hate crimes”.

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I agree. This is thought-policing pure and simple. Punish people by what they do, not what they think.