re: #181 Learned Mother of Zion

I hope this does not turn out to be another “fake hate crime.” Is it possible? People have done some really dumb and harmful stuff while drunk.

shit like this is never that black and white. that is the trouble I have with “hate crime ” legislation, even though I support the principle:

For example: suppose a black gang member kills a white gang member (or vice versa) in the course of a botched drug deal that goes astray when one side or the other utters a racial slur…Is that gang violence, drug violence or a hate crime?