>Half this sub loves people who commit crimes/make excuses for them more and thinks hate crimes don't exist.

Is this directed at me?

>I doubt any victim is "thinking they were being clever" trying to survive. Yikes.

Doesn't really matter what the victim is thinking. They will catch charges due to disproportionate force. The law is blind, as they say. Just use normal pepper spray, there's no need to inflict permanent damage when normal pepper spray accomplishes the same thing for less risk.