Bug of feature?

> Thinking that one's motive in punching someone in the face should result in an entirely different criminal offense is certainly a political position that you could hold.

My political position is rather irrelevant. Hate crime (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime) is a concept recognized in the jurisprudence of many countries.

> Now, do you want to turn the whole discussion into arguing about that, or do you want to instead focus on our point of agreement, which is that people shouldn't be punched in the face?

Yes, people shouldn't be punched in the face. We agree on that. I further firmly believe that when certain people are punched in the face only because their face has special ethnic traits (and the rest of the population doesn't see it as a problem), the society is seriously sick.