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The Convergence of Glenn Greenwald and Rand Paul's "Southern Avenger"

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CarolJ8/24/2013 6:38:10 am PDT

re: #77 Sol Berdinowitz

One way is to ask if they are members of certain groups. A member of the Aryan Nations, et al. who kills a minority can be presumed to have some racial animus. Or go by statements.

The intent of hate crimes legislation is to forestall the kind of violence that happened before the laws: ad hoc groups that while not formally organized, would meet to intimidate those groups that were minorities. And where the intent was to make those groups afraid due to that violence. For that violence was often directed at the most outspoken, successful members of the minority.