"Hate crimes" are an abomination. They should be unconstitutional.
Agreed. But hate crimes are actual crimes. If you murder or assault someone based on race, ethnicit, etc., you will likely be charged under a hate crime statute in addition to the actual murder or assault charge. Speech (or writing) is not a crime. Despite what this Crockett idiot thinks, it is NOT a crime to say something racist, sexist or whatever. Hate crime laws only cover actual crimes motivated by racism, sexism or whatever -ism