tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033245.post4065632446978356603..comments2023-04-25T11:28:59.146-07:00Comments on The Quixotic Pastor: Opportunity to DO JusticeReverend Dona Quixotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00236153172787772792noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033245.post-39107402705157326762007-06-14T07:02:00.000-07:002007-06-14T07:02:00.000-07:00An even more precise example, if we violently atta...An even more precise example, if we violently attack one or two queers, maybe all of them will go away ...Reverend Dona Quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00236153172787772792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033245.post-32594777045151241892007-06-13T12:25:00.000-07:002007-06-13T12:25:00.000-07:00Mrs. M,Thanks for asking about the difference betw...Mrs. M,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for asking about the difference between crimes and hate crimes. You're not being a pain in the rear --you're asking a question ...<BR/><BR/>Here's my take on this.<BR/><BR/>Most crimes committed against individuals, such as murder, robbery, larceny, burglary, etc. are committed because the criminal is seeking money, revenge, etc. I might break into your house because it is easily broken into, and I can see you have a really cool sound system that I can sell. I don't know you from Adam --what makes me commit this crime against you is the ease of breaking into your house. I don't care if you're white, black, latina, single, gay, straight or whatever. You're an easy mark, and you have something I want, so that's why I chose you.<BR/><BR/>I might also murder you because you are in the way of my getting something I want, and it doesn't matter if you're black, white, gay, straight ... whatever.<BR/><BR/>Ah, but a hate crime is committed against a vulnerable individual because s/he represents a certain community, not because the criminal gains anything material from a criminal action against the victim.<BR/><BR/>So that, for instance, the 18 year old kid who punched Sean Kennedy in such a way that he died [this happened in Greenville, SC in mid-May this year] attacked him because Sean was seen leaving a gay bar. <BR/><BR/>The guys in Jasper, Texas that hooked James Byrd Jr. up to a pickup by a chain and dragged him through the streets until he died didn't do it because they wanted something from James Byrd ... they did it because they were white supremacists who wanted to, if you'll pardon my language, "kill them a nigger."<BR/><BR/>The main difference between a hate crime and other crime is that hate crimes are committed against individuals for the purpose of intimidating an entire community.<BR/><BR/>If we beat up queers, maybe they'll go away ... if we beat up people of color, maybe they'll go away ... if we paint a swastika on a synagogue, maybe they'll go away ... at any rate, they'll know who's boss.<BR/><BR/>Does this help?Reverend Dona Quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00236153172787772792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033245.post-59867649582922252652007-06-13T08:23:00.000-07:002007-06-13T08:23:00.000-07:00Rev. Dona Quixote, I'm not trying to be a pain in ...Rev. Dona Quixote, <BR/><BR/>I'm not trying to be a pain in the rear, I'm honestly asking you to educate me: what's the difference between a hate crime and any other crime? Isn't hate a part of any action where one person violates another? <BR/><BR/>Please be patient with me, as I've wondered about this more than once, and I appreciate your post-- I'm grateful for the opportunity to ask someone.Dihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501047587752329779noreply@blogger.com