State Rep. Victor Dabney shows why we need a hate crime law
Everybody should thank state Rep. Victor Dabney for showing us exactly why we need a hate crime law.
On Wednesday, the South Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill that increases prison sentences and fines for people convicted of crimes motivated by hate. Reps. Wendell Gilliard and Beth Bernstein had been pushing such legislation for years, seeing as how this is one of three states without such a law.
Backed by the business community, it passed on a strong bipartisan vote. But Dabney, a Republican from Kershaw County, took to Facebook with an unhinged rant about it.
He spouted lies about the racial breakdown of crime statistics, said that “our” way of life — “whiteness and ‘straightness’” — was vilified by the left, and swore he would not bow down.
“I am 63 years old and have spent my entire life watching our society give in to the liberals … and it’s never enough,” Dabney wrote. “Folks, if this bill passes, it will lead to Hate Speech laws and you won’t believe what a nightmare that will be!”
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