re: #235 albusteve

how is ‘mistaken belief’ determined?…is it even possible?…it will just be a subjective observation

If a bunch of guys descend on a teenage goth kid walking home from his girlfriend’s house, and beat him to death while screaming Kill all Fags! and similar such epithets, because they don’t like his hair, his clothing, and his eyeliner, that’s a pretty clear example of a hate crime committed in the mistaken belief that he was gay.

Not subjective at all. And not even hard to imagine.