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Tagging Teslas With Swastikas- Hate Crime?www.archivebuttons.com/articles?article=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/nyregion/tesla-vandalism-hate-crimes.html
247 sats \ 4 comments \ @siggy47 6 Apr Politics_And_Law
This article points out how ridiculous hate crime laws are. I can't imagine the New York Times arguing in support of swastikas in any other context.
As a very young kid I remember classmates drawing nazi symbols on their notebooks. I doubt anyone knew the connotations. They were just fun to draw.
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178 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 6 Apr
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36 sats \ 2 replies \ @TNStacker 6 Apr
I thought hate crime had to be against a physical person.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 6 Apr
I am pretty sure drawing swastika graffiti on a synagogue is a hate crime in most jurisdictions. How about this hypothetical: Someone graffitis a prominent Israeli politician's car with swastika graffiti, and the defendant argues the message was an intent to compare the politician to a Nazi for annexing foreign territory and engaging in ethnic cleansing?
That's just one reason hate crimes are dumb.
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 6 Apr
I guess I've misunderstood. I really thought actual hate crimes were violent crimes against people. I thought the rest was media and rhetoric, with actual charges being property damage.
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