Quick Hits: Virginia Foxx

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on April 30, 2009 - 3:16pm.
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* Greensboro News-Record columnist Doug Clark (sort of) defends Rep. Virginia Foxx, citing 2004 report from ABC News.

* N&O music critic David Menconi notes that a New York singer has already written a song about Foxx, available for $1 donation.

* A spokesman for Foxx tells a local TV news station that she's received hate mail and death threats over the remarks in the last 24 hours. 

* In statement, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr says he is "disappointed" by Foxx's remarks, found them "to be inaccurate and insensitive."

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Re: Quick Hits: Virginia Foxx

Submitted by lpetrou on May 1, 2009 - 4:35pm.

Kedavra I agree with what you wrote. But it is hard to have a rational discussion on this issue as it has been not a discussion over an issue but one over emotions. What those two men did was hate filled, but they are paying the price. If it had been classified a hate crime under this new legislation what additional could be done to them? This is just a step towards a thought police mentality.

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Re: Quick Hits: Virginia Foxx

Submitted by woodcox on May 1, 2009 - 10:20am.

Not to let an actual policy debate get in the way of a good political distraction but there are valid reasons for not punishing thoughts.

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Re: Quick Hits: Virginia Foxx

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on May 1, 2009 - 9:56am.

At the request of a reader, here is the full statement from Sen. Burr:

"I am disappointed in the comments of Congresswoman Foxx in regards to the murder of Matthew Shepard. I find these comments to be inaccurate and insensitive. I hope that as debate continues on this legislation we can focus on the facts and not the emotions associated with it."

— RTB 

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Re: Quick Hits: Virginia Foxx

Submitted by acidqueen on May 1, 2009 - 7:08am.

Just because Wyoming had no hate crime legislation at the time, kedavra, that doesn't mean that what the murderers of Matthew Shephard did wasn't a hate crime. They admitted at trial, under oath, that they attacked him specifically because he was gay.

But I suppose you think that's OK?

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Burr disappointed in Foxx

Submitted by Gosh (not verified) on April 30, 2009 - 10:17pm.

In statement, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr says he is "disappointed" by Foxx's remarks, found them "to be inaccurate and insensitive."

Any comment from the back row?

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Re: Quick Hits: Virginia Foxx

Submitted by kedavra on April 30, 2009 - 8:05pm.

This comment is not in defense of Foxx's comments,
but it is a question as to the value of the hate crime bill.
The two guys convicted of Shepard's crime were not convicted
of a hate crime - they were convicted of felony murder.
Actually, one of them pled out to life in prison in
exchange for testifying against the other.
The other took a deal for two consecutive life sentences
without possiblity of parole while the jury was deliberating
whether he should get the death penalty.
That deal was brokered by Shepard's parents.
So what does the classification of this as a hate crime
bring to the table other than getting the feds involved
in what is traditionally a state responsibility, and
one that was handled very ably by the state?

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