The Problem With Hate Crimes
I don’t know what a Hate Crime is. I hate Islam. I hate self-emmasculation (sex change operations). I hate the rape of children. I hate Satan, who would destroy all of Adam’s children. Am I guilty of a crime? Should I be punished?
What is hate? It can be an emotion. Hatred can be an intense emotion beyond cold reason. Or it may be just an expression of profound disagreement, as in “I hate Islam” or “I hate Marxism.”
What is a hate crime? Is killing a teenager for his tennis shoes a lesser evil than a Black man killing a White cop because the cop is White?
I would say, “no.” Murder is murder regardless of the motivation. Killing a man for his tennis shoes is as bad as killing a man because he is White or Black or Gay or Christian or Muslim.
Crimes are only punishable, in the Bible, for actions witnessed by two people. People can witness acts of murder. No one can witness an inner state of the soul. Hatred is not a crime in the Bible. Adultery is. Murder is. Theft is. Even breaking the Sabbath is. But not hatred.
America is full of people that hate. Listen to ex-President Obama; it is certain he hates a lot of Americans — White Christian Americans that believe in God, Guns, and Strong Borders. Obama engages in hate speech by slandering these Americans — he calls them “racists,” an overt expression of hatred and slander.
But that should not be a crime. …
