Friday, May 04, 2007
Hate Is Great
So, in case you missed it, yesterday the House finally passed a bill that would give individuals targeted because of sexual orientation the same protection as individuals targeted because of race, religion, or ethnicity. But of course, guess who's already working to shit all over it?
The White House, in a statement warning of a veto, said state and local criminal laws already cover the new crimes defined under the bill, and there was “no persuasive demonstration of any need to federalize such a potentially large range of violent crime enforcement.”
As Dave points out, there are a good number of states where no hate crime legislation exists whatsoever. Furthermore, what's Bush saying when he says there's not enough evidence to "federalize" hate crimes of these types? After all, there's already federal laws on the books about hate crimes on the subject of race, religion, and ethnicity.
Oh, right. Bush doesn't care about those categories. Because if he did, or if any of his cronies or followers who open their mouth to decry the institutionalization of "thought crimes" did the same, then they would have issued legislation at least once to go against the legislation on the books. But, they haven't. And why is that?
Simple, really. We're faggots. We're not real people.
I cannot wait until this dumbfuck is out of office.
The White House, in a statement warning of a veto, said state and local criminal laws already cover the new crimes defined under the bill, and there was “no persuasive demonstration of any need to federalize such a potentially large range of violent crime enforcement.”
As Dave points out, there are a good number of states where no hate crime legislation exists whatsoever. Furthermore, what's Bush saying when he says there's not enough evidence to "federalize" hate crimes of these types? After all, there's already federal laws on the books about hate crimes on the subject of race, religion, and ethnicity.
Oh, right. Bush doesn't care about those categories. Because if he did, or if any of his cronies or followers who open their mouth to decry the institutionalization of "thought crimes" did the same, then they would have issued legislation at least once to go against the legislation on the books. But, they haven't. And why is that?
Simple, really. We're faggots. We're not real people.
I cannot wait until this dumbfuck is out of office.
