Hate Crimes
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Hate Crimes
In the essay “What’s So Bad about hate?” Andrew Sullivan states that hate crimes are unjust and totally inhumane. The main point of the essay is that hate crimes are occurring every day, as a country we must all play our part to stop them. The author uses question and answer as his pattern of organization all throughout his essay.
Andrew Sullivan describes in depth on how hate crimes are affecting people of different races, ethnical groups, and gays and lesbians. The author states near the end of his essay that if the individual being hated allows the hater to get to him then he/she let the hate crime occur and did nothing to prevent it. The author clearly gives examples of past hate crimes that have taken place. “But it is also true that there is nothing that government can do for the hated that the hated cannot better do for themselves” (Sullivan Pg. 192). The quote clearly states that there isn’t much anyone can do for someone unless the ones being hated stand up for themselves and overcome the hate.
The author describes how even though this may be a free nation, it will also be a hateful nation. There is absolutely nothing we can do to do away with hate. He undoubtedly claims that hate can and ever will be done away with, but along with that statement he also mentions violence. The government should stop the violence, there isn’t much they can do about someone’s mental thoughts towards another but can definitely take action considering it may save someone their life.
Judging someone by the way they look, what their religion is, their orientation, or even their sex is wrong because that’s how hate builds up. Annually there are 3.8 million assaults in the United States, seven to eight thousand are from hate crimes, and some of those have even lead to murders. Wrongfully hating someone is a crime, targeting a specific group and taking action will lead to consequences. As a nation the author states that we may tolerate hate but...
In the essay “What’s So Bad about hate?” Andrew Sullivan states that hate crimes are unjust and totally inhumane. The main point of the essay is that hate crimes are occurring every day, as a country we must all play our part to stop them. The author uses question and answer as his pattern of organization all throughout his essay.
Andrew Sullivan describes in depth on how hate crimes are affecting people of different races, ethnical groups, and gays and lesbians. The author states near the end of his essay that if the individual being hated allows the hater to get to him then he/she let the hate crime occur and did nothing to prevent it. The author clearly gives examples of past hate crimes that have taken place. “But it is also true that there is nothing that government can do for the hated that the hated cannot better do for themselves” (Sullivan Pg. 192). The quote clearly states that there isn’t much anyone can do for someone unless the ones being hated stand up for themselves and overcome the hate.
The author describes how even though this may be a free nation, it will also be a hateful nation. There is absolutely nothing we can do to do away with hate. He undoubtedly claims that hate can and ever will be done away with, but along with that statement he also mentions violence. The government should stop the violence, there isn’t much they can do about someone’s mental thoughts towards another but can definitely take action considering it may save someone their life.
Judging someone by the way they look, what their religion is, their orientation, or even their sex is wrong because that’s how hate builds up. Annually there are 3.8 million assaults in the United States, seven to eight thousand are from hate crimes, and some of those have even lead to murders. Wrongfully hating someone is a crime, targeting a specific group and taking action will lead to consequences. As a nation the author states that we may tolerate hate but...