[Rick Lee]

It really chaps my hide that this passes Constitutional muster, that some grievance groups are entitled to more equal protection under the law than others. This nutcase who just shot up the church in TN is now being called a hate-criminal. Yeah, like anyone who shoots random innocent people has something other than hate in his heart. What kind of person (lawmaker) thinks that criminals who think nothing of committing murder or egregious bodily harm will then be deterred by an additional sentence for a hate crime? I'm not sure which is more insulting - that your attacker faces a stiffer sentence if you're a member of a grievance group or that we have such stupid, pandering lawmakers. If I beat my wife, do I get slapped with a hate crime in addition to domestic violence because she and I are of different races? Seems to me I would be the victim since Han Chinese far outnumber all the white people in the world combined.