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Comment Re:The Struggle (Score 1) 410

So now you're replacing your original claim with a new one.

No, but I perhaps poorly stated my claim in the first place. I suppose I can see how, out of context, my claim could be misunderstood.

Do you have anything to support your new position, or do we have to take your word for this as well?

Uhm, you linked it and quoted it.

Comment Re:The Struggle (Score 1) 410

I'm being accused of being anti-white, based on "crap others like [me] say", except no one like me says any such crap. It's a made up boogey man, and none of the very few examples anyone's trotted out* hold any water.

* I've gotten one reply with supposed evidence of white-hating anti-racists. They named two authors and two publications, neither of which turned up anti-white sentiment when actually Googling for it.

Comment Re:The Struggle (Score 1) 410

https://google.com/?q=jessica+... - hmm nope
https://google.com/?q=anil+das... - nope
https://google.com/?q=jezebel+... - nope but there's some amusing stuff
https://google.com/?q=themarys... - more nope

Sorry, as an anti-racist, I'm already used to this accusation, and it's a stupid fantasy. While I'm sure that there are actually a few people who genuinely "hate white people", it's a straw man argument to set this up as the position of the author or defenders, when none have expressed it. It's just a way to easily dismiss anti-racist sentiment without actually talking about its genuine motivations.

Comment Re:The Struggle (Score 1) 410

I doubt it. I bet many of them specifically target other blacks, with full knowledge that a legacy of racism means authorities are much less likely to look into the matter fully and they stand a better chance of getting away with it. Most criminals are dumb but not completely. They burgle the house in the shitty neighborhood because they know odds are their isn't a patrol car as near by if someone calls the cops as their would likely be in a more affluent neighborhood, even in the spoils of a successful job won't be as great.

This is still not the same thing!

There should be no such thing as a hate crime. The concept has no place in a just society. All victims should matter equally. Why you were victimized should not be a factor. If someone is murdered/raped/robbed etc society should put equal effort into securing justice no matter who the victim is. When it comes to punishing or rehabilitating the perpetrator those are serious crime the commission of which means at a very fundamental level the prep is deranged and needs to be handled accordingly no matter what their 'reasons'. If they formed intent to do those types of harms why isn't important.

I agree that "hate crime" should not be used in determining punishment, but I strongly disagree that the concept should not exist. It is important, when trying to address a crime wave, to understand what is causing it. When the cause is bigotry, it's important to know that.

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