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Originally posted by tallcool1
reply to post by jfj123
Yes I have read the bill. It is clearly aimed at white hetero males in some sort of making up for slavery way. This isn't even hidden or secret. Section 2 paragraphs 7 & 8 state:
"(7) For generations, the institutions of slavery and involuntary servitude were defined by the race, color, and ancestry of those held in bondage. Slavery and involuntary servitude were enforced, both prior to and after the adoption of the 13th amendment to the Constitution of the United States, through widespread public and private violence directed at persons because of their race, color, or ancestry, or perceived race, color, or ancestry. Accordingly, eliminating racially motivated violence is an important means of eliminating, to the extent possible, the badges, incidents, and relics of slavery and involuntary servitude.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
2(8) Both at the time when the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution of the United States were adopted, and continuing to date, members of certain religious and national origin groups were and are perceived to be distinct ‘races’. Thus, in order to eliminate, to the extent possible, the badges, incidents, and relics of slavery, it is necessary to prohibit assaults on the basis of real or perceived religions or national origins, at least to the extent such religions or national origins were regarded as races at the time of the adoption of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution of the United States.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
So again I say that we have current laws against violent crimes to be punishable equally to all races, creeds, etc. This law is extra punishment for white hetero males.
Originally posted by jfj123
This doesn't target white, heterosexual, males. Sorry but it just doesn't.
Now I do believe hate crimes are redundant and unnecessary as people don't commit crimes against people they like.
Originally posted by Animal
I love how you guys needed to switch from S.909 to HR 1966 to try to prove how evil S.909 is.
Such a sad display of ignorance.
Originally posted by TornMind
reply to post by jfj123
by the very definition used in the bill a 'crime of violence' can be bent to mean just about anything. If you are part of a group which is targeted, or thrown in as a profile; if you are part of a group which is defined as targeting, or thrown in with that group, then they can construe that as aiding to threat of actual physical hands on violence......................however, the definition doesn't need hands on grabbing violence..............just the perceived threat of it.
(1) the term ‘crime of violence’ has the meaning given that term in section 16, title 18, United States Code;
The term “crime of violence” means—
(a) an offense that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another, or
(b) any other offense that is a felony and that, by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense.
(2) the term ‘hate crime’ has the meaning given such term in section 280003(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (28 U.S.C. 994 note)
HATE CRIME- The term `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, sexual orientation, or homeless status of any person.
Early this year, a white couple was carjacked, tortured, raped, and murdered by a group of black thugs. Christopher Newsom (23) was gang-raped, shot and set on fire. There are unconfirmed reports that the killers cut off his penis while he was still alive. The going-to-straight-to-hell murderers made Channon Christian (21) watch, and then they gang-raped her over four days and left her to die. There are unconfirmed reports that her breasts were cut off while she was still alive. (Also see this story and the Wikipedia entry) newsbusters.org...
Originally posted by tallcool1
Originally posted by jfj123
This doesn't target white, heterosexual, males. Sorry but it just doesn't.
Now I do believe hate crimes are redundant and unnecessary as people don't commit crimes against people they like.
It most certainly does not include crimes against whites just because they are white, now does it?
With the inclusion of the word "perceived", it leaves too much to interpretation. Since I'm white, I probably should not defend myself from a non white attacker. We already have laws to protect the attacker, now we'll add laws that make me defending myself punishable if I fight back in defense to a non white attacker. Sweet.
So we do agree then that this is unnecessary and redundant anyway, right?
Originally posted by wyleecoyote
reply to post by jfj123
White men are being charged with hate crimes for "threatening" to do something.
These people were not charged for a hate crime, though white men doing the same to a black couple most certainly would be charged.
Hate crime bills will be used to prosecute white males first and foremost, just as they are now.
Originally posted by sabrinaleena
What I don't understand is... why don't they (Feds) legalize marijuana then? This kind of bill wouldn't need to be passed if the majority of us (Americans) were stoners.