Gay man Robert Jackson has been jailed for two years and eight months - after breaking another gay mans jaw in what is described as a homophobic attack.
Make sense of that one.
Jackson, himself gay, had been drinking and taking cocaine when he attacked Lloyd Sceats outside of The Grove nightclub in Gravesend back in February.
He had lashed out after the victim intervened in an argument, and later texted a friend calling his victim 'queer'.
Prosecutor Jo Cope claimed that the 'sustained attack' was motivated by homophobia despite Jackson himself being homosexual.
Think about the implications of this verdict for a moment.
A gay man convicted of homophobic assault against another gay man.
First reactions might be to say good, about time minorities reaped the bitter harvest of 'hate' laws that have so long been used to oppress the rest of us.
But, in a society obsessed with sniffing out hatred everywhere, think of where this can lead us.
Anyone, including gay man, attacks gay man = recorded as a hate crime.
Anyone, including Muslim, attacks Muslim = recorded as a hate crime.
Anyone, including Black, attacks Black = recorded as a hate crime.
We would prove once and for all that hideous prejudice exists, the number of hate crimes would rocket, it would confirm what authorities said all along, hate is commonplace.
If we don't present figures to show who is committing the 'hate crime', as we seldom do now - we're always told that there's X amount of race hate, Y amount of homophobic attacks, Z amount of religiously motivated hate against Islam, and so on - we've a perfect recipe for a self fulfilling prophecy.
Hate crime explodes. Oh, those poor persecuted minorities! Something must be done, hate is rife, Britain is a cesspool of hate.
Would you really put it past the authorities to use this artificial means to prove that they were right, that hate is rampant?
Gay man Robert Jackson has been jailed for two years and eight months - after breaking another gay mans jaw in what is described as a homophobic attack.
