[bert]

Don’ja just hate a congress that panders to the whining of the disgusting deviants that fear the societal ostracism they so richly deserve?

[TruthHound]

Time to invest in this company:

...being that our 1st Amendment is now overturned and many car bumpers sport slogans which are felonies to display.

[Nosterrex]

Mark my words, before BHO’s terms are finished, unless they either change or ignore the Constitution and is President for life, anyone speaking against homosexuality, whether in the pulpit or not, will be found guilty of a hate crime. Christians may once again return to meeting in secret places for fear of the government.

[DBrow]

This took a little while. The definition of “hate crime” was referenced by inclusion of a US Code paragraph, which does not itself define “hate crime”, but refernces it somewhere else...

Eventually I found this:

SEC. 280003. DIRECTION TO UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION REGARDING SENTENCING ENHANCEMENTS FOR HATE CRIMES.

(a) DEFINITION- In this section, `hate crime’ means a crime in which the defendant intentionally selects a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person.

(b) SENTENCING ENHANCEMENT- Pursuant to section 994 of title 28, United States Code, the United States Sentencing Commission shall promulgate guidelines or amend existing guidelines to provide sentencing enhancements of not less than 3 offense levels for offenses that the finder of fact at trial determines beyond a reasonable doubt are hate crimes. In carrying out this section, the United States Sentencing Commission shall ensure that there is reasonable consistency with other guidelines, avoid duplicative punishments for substantially the same offense, and take into account any mitigating circumstances that might justify exceptions.

[ViLaLuz]

WAKE UP PEOPLE!

[spodefly]

I am a straight, white, male — probably the most hated and vilified demographic among the ‘politics and propaganda’ set. If I am beaten up or killed, it is just assault or murder.

But if I was a gay, white male, or a straight black male, or a straight white female, or any other combination of victim groups, then the exact same crime would be more serious and receive more jail time.

Yea, sound fair to me ... some animals are more equal than others.

[SaraJohnson]

I am not obeying any unconstitutional application of this law. The commies have gone too far now. I will go to prision before allowing Leftists to dictate my speech and my religion.

[sport]

Everyone surprised by this raise your hand. I knew this would happen as soon as the Democrats got a majority. Thank the idiot voters.

[napscoordinator]

This is a bipartisan bill. I can’t believe it. I admit I just looked at Pennsylvania (my state) and I always look at North Carolina. Heath Shuler should just become a Republican. He always votes with us. I am surprised he is a Democrat. If he runs for Senate, he might as well do it as a Republican.

[liberalism is suicide]

“Hate crimes”. Translation:”Speech crimes” or “Thought crimes”