I figure if the kid incited a riot, charge them with inciteing a riot, if someone beats on a miority, charge them for battery or attempted murder, but all this 'hate crime' crap needs to go in the trash can where it belongs. Its no more or less of a crime to beat down a straight, white, christian man than it is to beat down a gay, black transvestite or anyone else. Its these laws that are truely racist since they create a higher value for certain groups. Even if its distasteful and stupid, words are words and not crimes yet these BS laws make it a greater crime to use a slur against protected groups than to beat a person whos not a member of these groups. We need to get the hell over the PC crap and get back to the common sence that your rights stop at the other guys nose and not at your own lips.