Reply #133: Ummm... my thoughts won't be criminalized

[cgrindley]

as I'm not planning to murder anyone, gay or straight.

Let me state again that the existing hate crime laws should all be repealed. No new ones should be created.

And yes, that gay panic crap bugs me just as much as the mis-andrist pre-emptive murder of an "abusive" spouse defence, but those are matters that should have been appealed and dealt with properly by the courts.

I guess I do have a question for you... Do you have a problem with diminished responsibility or temporary insanity defences, as technically speaking, that's what the gay panic defence is. Or perhaps you don't consider homophobia to be a proper phobia but a voluntary state of intense dislike or disgust?