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smartest_kobold OP t1_j0wwj5a wrote

Reply to comment by vexingsilence in FBI data shows uptick in NH hate crimes in 2021 | New Hampshire Public Radio by smartest_kobold

If you can use bigotry to legally excuse a charge, I don't see why it also couldn't be used to add one.

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vexingsilence t1_j0wwz8g wrote

Who is using bigotry to excuse charges? If that's happening, that's something that should be addressed. The answer isn't to inflate charges, the answer is to correct whatever has gone wrong so that the proper charges aren't being laid.

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smartest_kobold OP t1_j0xdz5s wrote

I honestly can't tell if you're trying to argue against the concept of mens rea or the idea that crimes have been used to intimidate whole communities beyond individual victims, but stupid either way.

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vexingsilence t1_j0xf1wm wrote

You think communities aren't intimidated by other types of crime? FFS, in nearly every thread that comes up in this sub from someone looking to move to NH, people warn against Manchester in significant part due to crime. Does that make those crimes a higher class of offense?

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smartest_kobold OP t1_j0y17o4 wrote

If you think there's no difference between starting a campfire in somebody's woodlot and burning a cross in front of a black person's house, I do not think I can help you.

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