Clearly, 'hating' is not a crime no matter who you hate. I hate George Bush (just sayin') but nobody's gonna lock me up for it. That would be thought police, Matt. I can even tell people that I hate him. I just did. Nobody's gonna lock me up for that either, but if I start spreading the opinion that anybody named Bush is responsible for the impending destruction of the world economy unless we all do something drastic about it, like kill them all, well then I'm inciting violence aren't I? Motive will be considered in all crimes and if inciting hate, violence and unrest is determined to be a motive then they can lock me up.

There is nothing irrational or "thought police" about it. You may draw the same inference in many other crimes. I'd like some money so I think about robbing a bank. No crime. I start to plan the robbing of a bank and they have a reason to come and get me. They may not have a lot of evidence at this stage, but if they have enough they may be able to prosecute. I don't know. But if I get my gang together and bust the doors of the Royal Bank down, well then I get my phone call, don't I?

It is not dangerous to enact hate legislation. It is far more dangerous not to as evidenced by the NAZI's (I didn't mention them first )

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PS Ray, I assume you're kidding, but that subsection just means that the already advantaged cannot take unfair advantage of programs designed to help the disadvantaged just because everybody deserves equal treatment.