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GrubSprings t1_j5v8irw wrote

Reply to comment by bizarre_pencil in self-defense effectively being banned in Vermont. by Northwoods01

Hate-crime statutes have been on the books for years and are routinely enforced by the courts. In many cases the perpetrators of hate crimes are very open about their motivations for shooting up a synagogue or posting flaming crosses in peoples' yards. Some racists are weird like that.

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bizarre_pencil t1_j5vbrds wrote

That’s not what they’re referring to here, or else they would have just said hate crimes. “Hate motivated” opens a Pandora’s box of overzealous prosecutors who will try to pin down anything under the sun as “hate motivated”. Also, we’re not in the same universe now with such a quick trigger to label things hate speech/hate motivated crimes

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HeadPen5724 t1_j6eab8g wrote

Maybe Sarah George will actually start prosecuting…

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