Re: Anti-Antifa
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 8:26 am
People often complained about characterizing something as a "hate" crime. How can you tell, and what difference does it make?
Well, when a guy goes into a bus and blows himself up, and leaves a note promoting ISL, we know the motive. If a guy goes into a synagogue and murders some people, we don't know whether they were collateral damage and he was aiming at his wife, or that he hated Jews generally. That is, unless he leaves a note saying XYZ. The same is true for a suicide. Was it a suicide or an overdose? Did he/she leave a note?
Did the Dalton shooter do so because of his political views? How would you know? Doesn't everyone have political views? The point is whether he targeted his victims because of his views --whatever they were. If he killed his transgender sister, it probably wasn't because she was a Trump supporter.
Btw, I think that mass shootings at concerts, bars, and parties should be distinguished from shootings at religious or ethnic locations and places of worship. But, as I said, there can be a personal element to a shooting anywhere, and there are people who get upset at the courts or their employer, and go on a shooting spree.
Well, when a guy goes into a bus and blows himself up, and leaves a note promoting ISL, we know the motive. If a guy goes into a synagogue and murders some people, we don't know whether they were collateral damage and he was aiming at his wife, or that he hated Jews generally. That is, unless he leaves a note saying XYZ. The same is true for a suicide. Was it a suicide or an overdose? Did he/she leave a note?
Did the Dalton shooter do so because of his political views? How would you know? Doesn't everyone have political views? The point is whether he targeted his victims because of his views --whatever they were. If he killed his transgender sister, it probably wasn't because she was a Trump supporter.
Btw, I think that mass shootings at concerts, bars, and parties should be distinguished from shootings at religious or ethnic locations and places of worship. But, as I said, there can be a personal element to a shooting anywhere, and there are people who get upset at the courts or their employer, and go on a shooting spree.