Thursday, March 19, 2009

Hate crimes laws — fighting bias with fascism: The speech I never gave

By Don Feder

"This is identity-politics applied to the administration of justice. For the left, an attack on a representative of a group (especially a group sanctified as a persecuted minority) is far more serious than an attack on an individual — because, in its worldview, groups count for more than individuals.

Thus, Matthew Shepard becomes far more important than the victims of Jeffrey Dahmer. Shepard's killers "hated," whereas Dahmer was merely hungry."

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