Hate Crime Bias

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Yesterday, the New York Times ran a story about two 20-year-olds, and an 18-year-old, who were arrested for stealing statues of baby Jesus from nativity scenes over the past two years. They hit the New York-suburban communities of Suffern and Haverstraw several times in 2005 and 2006. The police said they will not charge them with committing hate crimes; each is being charged with 14 counts of petty larceny.

Yesterday, WNBC.com reported that a 20-year-old was arrested for kicking a menorah in the New York suburban community of St. James. He is being charged with a hate crime and could face seven years in prison. He is being charged with a felony.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented as follows:

“This is so interesting. The reason the menorah is allowed in New York City public schools is because the authorities have branded it a secular symbol, and the reason the crèche is barred is because the same authorities have branded it a religious symbol. Yet when a 20-year-old man vandalizes a menorah outside New York he is charged with a hate crime and may spend seven years behind bars for his felony, while three others of the same age who vandalize several crèches outside New York—over a two-year period—are given a slap on the wrist.

“We have long maintained that hate-crime laws evince a bias of their own. This proves it.”

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It is not a crime to hate white Christians, it is a crime to hate any and every one else.:mad: :mad:
 
I really don’t like the distinction between ‘hate crimes’ and other crimes. Aren’t all crimes ‘hate crimes’?

I can’t think of any criminals who had love on their minds when they commited their crimes.

I do agree that Christians seem to get the short end of the stick when distinguishing between kinds of crimes.
 
moira said:
I really don’t like the distinction between ‘hate crimes’ and other crimes. Aren’t all crimes ‘hate crimes’?
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Well, no. Property crimes such as theft or burglary are presumably motivated by other desires, such as greed.

Violent crimes, it could be argued, are all hate crimes since they are motivated by anger or some variant. But I think the category of “hate crime” refers to crimes in which the victim has little or no connection to the attacker. “Hate crimes” occur because the offenderer has hate towards all persons who fit a profile (gay, black, Arab, etc) and it is this generalized hate which sparked the attack.
I do agree that Christians seem to get the short end of the stick when distinguishing between kinds of crimes.
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I think you are right. We are living in a post-Christian society and there are a significant number of people who feel anger towards Christians.
 
Yet another example or brilliant logic on the part of liberals and relativists.
 
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