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Originally Posted by peter12
I think racism is disgusting. However, I think the specific category of a hate crime is a bit nefarious. We have laws to deal with assault already. Are the person's actions more wrong because they did them to a member of a identity group?
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When people are being targeted for assaults solely on the basis of their race, then yeah, I kind of think it's necessary to distinguish between that and regular assault.