If convicted, Mr. Murphy will likely receive the death penalty. If anything, the Shifflett case demonstrates that hate crime laws are superfluous. But it also demonstrates that the left s fixation on hate crimes is more about politics than progress. The loss of a white life isn t as valuable to them for those purposes. In fact, the Shifflett murder case shatters one of the main premises of the racial left - that whites have a monopoly on hatred.
Hate comes in all colors.
Fortunately most Americans on both sides of the racial divide already understand this grim truth. Mainstream America seems eager to bridge the gap between races.