Originally posted by: Boilerman
PJ, Liberals have cornered the market by using race to divide our country. Let's look at MLK's famous believe that we should not consider one's color, but only one's charactor. Many Liberals consider this hate speech today. After all, these people demand that people be treated differently because of the color of their skin. I agreed and agree with MLK's sensible stance.
Regarding extra punishement for hate crimes, I have mixed opinions, as there may be some value to control the surge. I do have an issue with a white guy getting a larger penalty for hitting someone "of color" in the head with a hammer vs a black guy doing the same to a white guy. Somehow, even if the black guy attacked the white guy because of his race, this doesn't qualify as a hate crime. Somehow, hate crimes against whites don't count, yet they are rampent nowadays.
No one, except perhaps someone of Boiler's ilk, cowering in his basement, believes that anything MLK ever said is or was hate speech.
Boiler is also dead wrong, stupidly wrong, when he speculates that a Black person attacking a White person would never be considered a hate crime. Of COURSE it would--if it was determined that the victim's race was a significant factor in the perpetrator's actions.
For all of his asinine bleating, Boiler should learn to read about the things that twist his old white boy panties. As in, maybe he should read a hate crime statute--any one will do--and see if it exempts any racial or ethnic group from prosecution for such crimes.
And just to make things clear--White people (especially cops) often kill people just because they're Black, but Black people very seldom kill people just because they're White.