It was treated as a hate crime, though no evidence has been presented that the killers were motivated by anything other than greed and pure evil. Meanwhile, another crime involving homosexuals was virtually ignored. The story ran in the local press but never made it to the national wire services or the evening news. But hate-crimes legislation undermines that unity by giving certain groups victim status vis a vis others. Troy points out that among Dylan Klebold's many victims in Littleton, Colo., were one kid who was black, another who was a jock.
Victim status is more coveted in modern America than wealth or power.
Jews obsess over the Holocaust. Homosexuals demand to be viewed as disproportionate victims of violence and hatred. Women claim to need affirmative action. This is a demoralizing posture for a great nation. Making hate a federal crime will politicize law enforcement and create more injustice than it corrects.