Hate crimes

1. Are hate crimes a serious problem?

Hate crimes are a serious problem in Europe and North America / Michael McClintock

Hate crimes against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgendered people are escalating / National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs

Hate crimes against Muslims continue to rise / Council on American-Islamic Relations

Hate crimes against the homeless are increasing / Michael Stoops

Homosexual advocacy groups inflate the number of antigay hate crimes / Leah Farish

Reports of hate crimes against Muslims are overblown / David Skinner

Feminists exaggerate the extent of violence against women / Phyllis Schlafly

; 2. Are hate crime laws necessary?

Hate crimes must be punished more harshly than other crimes / Frederick M. Lawrence

Hate crime laws are needed to protect children / Jan Ireland

Hate crime laws protect the disabled / Brian T. McMahon ... [et al.]

Hate crime laws may hurt minorities / Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld

Hate crime laws are unconstitutional / Susan B. Gellman

Federal hate crime laws will not reduce violence / Jeff Miller

Hate crime laws create a double standard / Jeff Jacoby

; 3. Should hate speech be restricted?

The majority of Americans support campus hate speech codes / Jon B. Gould

Schools must not use American Indian mascots, logos, and nicknames / Cornel D. Pewewardy

Europe must ban Internet hate speech / Michel Barnier

Campus hate speech codes should eliminated / Harvey Silverglate, Greg Lukianoff

The use of American Indian mascots and team names should not be banned / Kenneth L. Woodward

Restricting Internet hate speech is impossible / Geoffrey Nunberg

European efforts to restrict hate speech are totalitarian / Sandy Starr

; 4. How can hate groups be stopped?

Schools can prevent hate crimes / Debra C. Cobia, Jamie S. Carney

Communities can stop hate groups / Southern Poverty Law Center

Understanding the psychology of hate groups can help society stop their growth / Linda M. Woolf, Michael R. Hulsizer

The United States should support Great Britain's crackdown on hate groups / Nile Gardiner

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