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Topic	White Woman is arrested after she left this NASTY MESSAGE to ASIAN HOUSES!!
nemu 05/24/20 7:13:43 PM #33:	IfGodCouldDie posted... Can you explain how leaving a hate filled note to multiple people based on their ethnicity is not a crime. Would you consider the KKK leaving a burning cross on a black person's lawn to be a crime? Because leaving a note is not a crime and being a racist is not a crime. You have to stretch things very far to turn anything in the note into an overt threat. If there was any implication in the note like "do this or else XYX will happen," then it could be considered an overt threat. I'm not of the opinion that the definition of hate crimes should be extended to non-threatening words, no matter how heinous. You could possibly twist it into some form of harassment, but we'd have to take a look at the wording of local laws. I in no way defend or condone the woman or her actions, but we need to look at things from a realistic perspective and not an overly reactionary one simply based on how fucking stupid she is. <cite>nemu posted [p:939654728] in White Woma... [t:78716416]...</cite> <quote>IfGodCouldDie posted... </cite> <quote>Can you explain how leaving a hate filled note to multiple people based on their ethnicity is not a crime. Would you consider the KKK leaving a burning cross on a black person's lawn to be a crime?</quote>Because leaving a note is not a crime and being a racist is not a crime. You have to stretch things very far to turn anything in the note into an overt threat. If there was any implication in the note like "do this or else XYX will happen," then it could be considered an overt threat. I'm not of the opinion that the definition of hate crimes should be extended to non-threatening words, no matter how heinous. You could possibly twist it into some form of harassment, but we'd have to take a look at the wording of local laws. I in no way defend or condone the woman or her actions, but we need to look at things from a realistic perspective and not an overly reactionary one simply based on how fucking stupid she is. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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