[Bush2000]

All crimes are motivated by hatred of something.

Wrong. Most crimes have nothing to do with hatred.

The point of a penalty is to deter crime.

No, penalties also provide a means for society to separate criminals from law-abiding citizens.

Make the penalties evenly harsh, otherwise you are giving preference to some victims over others.

You might have had an argument, if it turned out that prosecutors were ignoring white, middle-aged, male crime victims -- in order to prosecute the crimes perpetrated against gay or transgendered crime victims. But that's not happening. That's just a fantasy of yours. Criminals get prosecuted. Regardless of whether they commit crimes against you or gay/transgendered victims. But the penalties for criminals are worse for targeting people on the basis of hatred.

And you're forgetting that the bar for proving hate crimes is higher than many of you are imputing. Prosecutors need evidence of actual hate crimes. Not just fanciful feelings. That isn't an easy thing to prove.

[Fatalis]

The point of a penalty is to deter crime.

No, penalties also provide a means for society to separate criminals from law-abiding citizens.

Which deters crime. LOL! That's the point. You are in circles.