I saw that article earlier in the day, kokonut. Very disturbing.
I'm a libertarian so I'm pretty much in favor of a smaller, more efficient government. I'm also very liberal on social issues.
The idea of hate crimes has always rubbed me the wrong way. Social engineering or trying to legislate tolerance is a slippery slope.
Even though I abhor racism and homophobia, the idea of placing more value on another human being is the exact opposite of equality. All crimes are hate crimes.
I'm not sure what happened there would qualify as a hate crime, but I guarantee you if he wasn't a conservative there would be widespread outrage over this.
It's a shame that some people on the left seem to have selective outrage.
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