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Originally Posted by Matt L
I think "hate crimes" are misnamed, and that is the source of the problem. Were they called "bigoted crimes," perhaps it would make more sense.
In the larger sense (like Stalin or Milosevic), they are simply called "war crimes." But it's the same thing.
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Matt- I'm the last one to site semantics being the right-brainer that i am but it comes down to the "language." Most people understand what a "Hate crime" is and that involves someone who is a bigot and no one is using the term "biogot crime." According to the Random house dictionary- a bigot is "a person who is intolerant of any creed, belief or race that is not his or her own." Does that make sense?