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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
Well, yes, that's true but it simply doesn't happen that way. Of course violence towards any individual should be punished, regardless of their ethnic origin or sexuality. The reality is different, though, and people do get assaulted because someone doesn't like their perceived effeminate body language or the colour of their skin, amongst other things.
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I am not saying it doesn't happen for those reasons, all I am simply saying is violence is violence is violence
You can't legislate to make it "more" of a crime, its already illegal!
By legislating separately for a group or groups and stating its a more serious offence to assault them, you, by default, make it less of an offence to assault someone outside of those groups thus devaluing them as a member of society
Girlgun summed it up best "punish the crime"