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I believe the basis of hate crime laws is that the act of committing the crime is low-grade terrorism. When you attack someone because of their membership in a

I believe the basis of hate crime laws is that the act of committing the crime is low-grade terrorism. When you attack someone because of their membership in a particular (protected) group, you're also sending a message to everyone else in the group that they could be next.

SauciestGNU 3y ago
Yes, but "cop" is a job that can be quit, not an innate characteristic, and it's a political function of the government. Suppressing speech against police in any way is an infringement of the most basic expressive rights we supposedly have.