Re:FBI Releases Updated 2020 Hate Crime Statistics
by goboronshka on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:20PM
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When you take into account the history of BIPOC oppression and hate it makes some sense. They're perpetuating a type of hate that's already rampant and even normalized. It's on a spectrum between crimes of passion and organized crime.
Also it's generally recognized as a social good to penalize those who take advantage of the weak and less fortunate.
Re:FBI Releases Updated 2020 Hate Crime Statistics
by rainworld on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:35PM
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It helps the powers that be, living sheltered lives of little want, get away with ignoring what they do not feel threatened by: the crime and murder suffocating American cities. It enables them to target certain groups (of all colours) they do feel threatened by.
Re:FBI Releases Updated 2020 Hate Crime Statistics
by penjelly on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:22PM
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devils advocate here: assuming the data was 100% reliable, we could use that data to determine if there are patterns that lead certain individuals down that path. of course if that data is not reliable we made see patterns where there are none. I prefer not to speculate on the reliability of the data, just giving my perspective
If a person goes around murdering people for instance - it kind of stands to reason that this person has a some form of hate going around in his mind. What does it matter if he hates only black people or people that wear orange hats? What matters is that he is a murderer. Murder has always been against the law around here so lets focus on getting rid of murderers instead of trying to divine what is in their hearts. What additional benefit does it gain us in attempting such divination?