# Hate Crimes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-crimes/191948>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 30, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-crimes/191948 "2003-07-30T18:16:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stonebow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Stonebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonebow)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-crimes/191948/41 "2003-08-06T16:19:40Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Earl of the CC \*  
> \*\*I can’t believe we’ve gotten this far and no one has mentioned the fact that people who commit crimes based on the race are more likely to commit such crimes again. \*\*

Um…that would have been me, way back in the beginning.

[QUOTE]  
You’re not simply attacking one person, you are marking a specific segment of the community as vulnerable to violent intimidation, usually in an effort to either a)stop a behavior or b)make them go away or c)just eliminate them altogether. **This also tends to be a signal that other offenses are likely (i.e. targeting another member of the same group)**/QUOTE]

To be fair, it was tacked on at the end, but I thought that it was a given, and I believe that **lissener** also pointed it out.

But for me, this is one of the most compelling reasons for increased punishment.

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