Comment on Texas man sentenced to 30 years for transporting pamphletsparentComments−like_any_other2moThe judge says he is sentencing based on thought crime.Under the First Amendment, possessing literature cannot be criminalThe existence of hate crime laws in the US says otherwise - political motivation to a crime has long been a component in sentencing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime_laws_in_the_United_...−M95D2moSo now hate the government is a hate crime?−like_any_other2moNowhere did I say that. I addressed the "thought crime" claim, i.e. both take into account the perpetrators motivations and beliefs.
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The existence of hate crime laws in the US says otherwise - political motivation to a crime has long been a component in sentencing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime_laws_in_the_United_...
So now hate the government is a hate crime?
Nowhere did I say that. I addressed the "thought crime" claim, i.e. both take into account the perpetrators motivations and beliefs.