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Tired-Insomniac
04/22/21 3:36:21 PM
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https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/22/hate-crime-bill-passes-senate-484245

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the only senator to vote against it was Josh Hawley

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UnholyMudcrab
04/22/21 3:37:13 PM
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Christian RULES
04/22/21 3:42:32 PM
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So we won't be seeing anymore anti-Asian attacks after today right?

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SSJPurple
04/22/21 3:45:21 PM
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If youre going to mercilessly stab a person to death you better be damn sure theyre the same race as you.
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Bananana
04/22/21 3:45:53 PM
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SSJPurple posted...
If youre going to mercilessly stab a person to death you better be damn sure theyre the same race as you.


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Tired-Insomniac
04/22/21 3:47:12 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Josh Hawley is a bad man from a bad state


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Funkydog
04/22/21 3:47:37 PM
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That was an interesting place to put the hyphen in the title >.>

Good something is being done though.

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SSJPurple
04/22/21 3:48:59 PM
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Bananana posted...

I guess this guy doesnt know a joke when they see one lol
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MaxEffingBemis
04/22/21 3:53:40 PM
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SSJPurple posted...
I guess this guy doesnt know a joke when they see one lol
It clearly wasnt a good joke then

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Zeus
04/22/21 3:54:18 PM
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Considering that it was less a rise in incidents and more media hyping up a narrative, this can only go well >_>

For some reason the news stories (like the one provided) don't include any text related to the bill, which is... unusual. Otherwise considering that the US already *has* more hate crime legislation than pretty much any other nation, it kinda begs the question why not use that (which is on top of the fact that most of the things are ALREADY illegal and it just adds prison time on top of sentences that are already far longer than almost anywhere else in the world)

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Sayoria
04/22/21 3:55:01 PM
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Now let's see how the votes go if we pass an anti-Latino American hate crime bill.

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ThePrinceFish
04/22/21 3:56:46 PM
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Glad we won't have any more incidents like that guy in New York who was released back on to the streets immediately because of their no bail law after he went after the undercover Asian cop.

Oh what's that? All this is going to do is put more money towards recording crime statistics and not actually anything with direct relief? Shucks. At least we did something.

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Irony
04/22/21 3:58:56 PM
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Surprised he was the only one

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Kastrada
04/23/21 3:03:21 AM
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So looking up this piece of shit on Wiki.....

He's a big proponent of "family values" and all of that shit.
Openly supports family separation for people coming into this country.
Represents a state but doesn't actually live in that state.
Has a loophole where his voter registration is at his sister's house so that he can hold public office.

Yeah....not surprised.

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Kolibri X
04/23/21 3:22:07 AM
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Kastrada
04/23/21 3:24:36 AM
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He should have said BLACK MEN since he has no problem with the abuse and attacks that black women suffer.....from him...

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gmanthebest
04/23/21 3:26:11 AM
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MaxEffingBemis posted...
It clearly wasnt a good joke then
I think it was from an old South Park episode. Where Cartman does a hate crime against Token.

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KStateKing17
04/23/21 3:30:04 AM
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Kolibri X posted...
https://mobile.twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/1385307636132839424

LOL
I mean...maybe encourage the brothas not to attack asians? They can't enforce a hate crime if there is no attack or at the very least if it's self defense.

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SomeLikeItHoth
04/23/21 3:33:48 AM
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What exactly does the bill state?

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gunplagirl
04/23/21 3:34:22 AM
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Just wondering, how did this pass so quickly yet over the last few years every attempt at an anti-lynching bill ends in it either not getting enough votes, or it doesn't get voted on at all before the session ends and as such has to start over from the beginning?

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Infinite 2003
04/23/21 3:42:23 AM
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Im glad anti Asian American hate crimes are illegal now

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Irony
04/23/21 3:44:36 AM
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Infinite 2003 posted...
Im glad anti Asian American hate crimes are illegal now
Same

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KStateKing17
04/23/21 4:02:25 AM
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gunplagirl posted...
Just wondering, how did this pass so quickly yet over the last few years every attempt at an anti-lynching bill ends in it either not getting enough votes, or it doesn't get voted on at all before the session ends and as such has to start over from the beginning?

:(
Between the guy in the above tweet and people like Tucker Carlson, people like them can point at each other and claim that these attacks have th o do with black/white/asian people being racist and taking action against those people will take away blame from their own groups.

An anti lynching bill validates black Americans claims of being victims of racism and negligence from various leaders in this country. Can't be having that

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MrMallard
04/23/21 4:11:49 AM
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Sayoria posted...
Now let's see how the votes go if we pass an anti-Latino American hate crime bill.
Or an anti-black hate crime bill. Especially considering the narrative that black people are the people committing the most hate crimes against Asians.

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AvantgardeAClue
04/23/21 4:23:26 AM
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Zeus posted...
Considering that it was less a rise in incidents and more media hyping up a narrative, this can only go well >_>

For some reason the news stories (like the one provided) don't include any text related to the bill, which is... unusual. Otherwise considering that the US already *has* more hate crime legislation than pretty much any other nation, it kinda begs the question why not use that (which is on top of the fact that most of the things are ALREADY illegal and it just adds prison time on top of sentences that are already far longer than almost anywhere else in the world)

It's to appease consciences and make it seem like Congress is actually doing something worthwhile, so the finer details aren't always important unfortunately

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Wii_Shaker
04/23/21 4:41:00 AM
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This bill comes from good intentions, I believe.

I too am shocked on how quickly it had been pushed through but it is a legitimate problem in the US. One of many cultural and civil problems and I am also glad that the bill passed.

Minimizing hate crimes is a step in the right direction.

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