Hannity lies about hate-crimes bill, claims Dems protect pedophiles but not veterans

The progression of the nation's first federal hate-crimes law -- the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act -- out of the House and into the Senate, where it will almost certainly pass (barring a GOP filibuster), has the right-wing punditocracy in an uproar.

Especially Sean Hannity -- who's now just flatly lying on the air about the bill, and about hate-crimes laws in general. The distortion and demagoguery is making quite a spectacle.

More at Crooks and Liars: http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/hannity-lies-about-hate-crimes-bill

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[StoogeWatcher]

And to think Debbie Wasserman Schultz is now the head of the Democratic National Committee. Yes, Democrats would rather walk with NAMBLA than support military veterans.

[snakeguy76]

Pedophiles are not protected under a hate Crime act and couldn't be. This guy wanted to exempt them from protection but pedophilia is not considered a sexual orientation. So if a pedophile is released from jail and someone takes a bat to him the crime would not be treated as hate crime. The exemption would be completely unnecessary. Being in the military is an occupation. In that case all occupations should be included in the hate crime act - lawers, doctors, sanitation, electricians etc.

[chadmak09]

i am a democrat, and I am sick by this hate crime bill.

giving one group more justice than another is SICK!

[MagnificentFiend]

1:52 - apostrophe in "veteran's" [sic] where none is needed. Yeah. Take that, Fox.

[combatvetlawstudent]

well I guess as a combat vet I am now officially very low scum of the earth since pedophiles deserve more protection from hate than me. Maybe I will get lucky and God will take me home soon.

[MrRethuglican]

re:crashman68

you forgot mark foley-former florida congressman.stunning example of a dem-er sorry i mean repub-sexual deviant.

[MACpistoldotcom]

There is only ONE other thing I know of where hannity (a tool for fascist/globalist forces) is correct, and that is the illegal invasion issue. Hannity did a good job exposing how GW Bush wanted to give amnesty for these invading, disease carrying, drunk driving criminals from south of the border. Hannity probably HATED having to pretend to be in favor of American borders. Hannity largely avoids the 2nd amendment (like the good globalist tool that he is), because he would have to support it.

[MACpistoldotcom]

Even though hannity is a disgusting tool of the so called "neo cons" (who are phony conservatives), a tool of the globalists, and a propaganda tool of neo big government fascists (supporters of "patriot" acts), IN THIS INSTANCE, (I hate having to admit this), hannity is telling the truth (I hate having to say that phrase but since hannity rarely tells the truth I won't have to say it for a long time). So called "hate crimes" laws are evil and illegal. They are THOUGHT crimes laws.

[1984isnow]

has he been waterboarded yet?