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      The fact it is a significant fraction of his defensive fund is the depressing thing. But thanks for trying!

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    That bitch is now a money piñata. Now that she has something to lose, suing her stupid racist ass to oblivion is WORTHWHILE.

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    After WW2, People asked “How could the German people ALLOW such things to happen”

    THIS this is how it starts… Baby steps

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      This isn’t a baby step. This is someone saying, “Let’s murder all the Jews” and all the other Germans throwing money at them for saying it.

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    Just when you think Americans can’t get any lower, they do it. Soon you’ll see that they make Russians look like Boy Scouts.

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    Looks like a counter to the GoFundMe GiveSendGo of Karmelo Anthony, no?

    That was fucked up as well (albeit for a different reason).

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      Ooo look at Mrs. Deep Pockets getting cleaned out by the lawyers! They’re going to have to sell the RVs they just bought.

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      Not sure what they hope to achieve, I’m not American and may be unfamiliar with specific laws, but isn’t it covered by freedom of speech? Would be very hard to argue and prove reparations for emotional damage to the child.

      Shaming her seems like the most likely outcome.

      I’d think the platform she used to raise funds may be more of a viable target. Can’t be rewarding this behavior, I imagine it could be breaking some laws against anti-minority organizing. Could be argued as an anti black gang by sourcing from so many people.

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        Hate crimes are not freedom of speech. Freedom of fucking speech is for press to be able to report on fascism without being afraid of execution. It’s so FUCKING co opted it’s blindeningly idiotic and gives me idiotism for just fucking reading about this idiotic take over and over… Why the fuck fuck fuck would anyone think calling a child racist shit is “technically” legal way the fuck are you ingesting in your blood to think these things??? In any country like even in fascist countries they make sure to pretend to understand hate crime is bad against their own at least

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          You need to look at the difference between a ‘hate crime’ and a ‘hate incident.’ They’re not the same thing. There could be eye witness evidence or other recordings of a crime too, but in that case it’d be a matter for the police rather than the family.

          Generally, when a person or group sues someone else, they’re seeking for damages. Such as loss of property, medical bills, reputation which causes loss of work etc. It’s hard to argue what the damages here would be.

          I believe the police are also looking into the matter though, so something could come of it, including money to the family.

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            So you’re not American, not familiar with our laws, but confident enough to write six paragraphs and then admit that the police are looking into it and something may come of it?

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            It makes me so angry. Suing people for hating your skin color is an incredibly American concept. All laws are “interpretable” and in all other first world countries, there is no issue with prohibiting and punishing idiots that hate others for their skin color, and it works also to remove those idiots. There’s some serious playing stupid energy in your nation

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        “Free Speech” doesn’t mean words can’t be the mechanism by which another crime is committed.

        If you ask someone to kill your wife, you aren’t arrested for speech, but for conspiracy to commit murder.

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          I agree, but what other crime was committed? I didn’t see anything.

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            You’re allowed to be racist or to openly support racist ideals in public. You aren’t allowed to intimidate someone based on their race. Intimidation isn’t protected speech any more than fraud is.

            You can charged with assault for language that is used to threaten or harass someone, especially when directed at someone’s race, religion, gender, etc, which can elevate it to a hate crime.

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              Nope because shouting racist shit in public is a hate crime how can these things actually be hard to understand, what are your thought pattern to reach the goal that it should be okay to shout racism openly and why would it? Ever? It’s a hate crime because it leads to deaths for idiotic irrational reasons. What is so hard to understand, at what point did you confuse “openly” disliking pancakes or the president with openly fucking disliking everyone with other skin color??? like a idiotic shameful sad excuse for a person just openly hating a skin color??? Is that ever the same as openly opposing a war or something??? How is this confusing for you people

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                Learn some reading comprehension before attacking someone.

                I’m specifically saying that using language to intimidate someone based on their race isn’t protected speech and can be considered a hate crime.

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                  You are allowed to openly support racist ideals in public. Verbatim what you said. It is wrong. It is a hate crime

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            There’s a bit of another layer to it. The n-word is used as a credible death threat in America. It is a word that has been used to dehumanize and declare a person can be killed and lynched without consequence --because that is the legacy of our country and that word. People calling people n-words historically have been able get away with actual murders–and they know it.

            It’s the same way a Nazi saluting is someone demonstrating they don’t value human life and support genocide. But it is still outlawed in Germany and Austria because the action carries with it much deeper implications there.

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        The US has laws against threats of violence, inciting violence, and hate crimes. Simply using slurs would be covered by the 1st Amendment. Her demeanor in the recording was overtly aggressive, and coupled with the use of a slur could be considered a hate crime. That’s the reason for the investigation.

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        Using a slur is unfortunately protected speech. You can walk into the middle of a supermarket and shout the N word and not be arrested. Calling someone a slur is hate crime, and is absolutely not protected. If your manager calls you a slur, you can sue him. And other similar examples.

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          Sure, but if you’re having a long enough interaction with a child that you are able to use the slur enough times to be reported as “repeatedly”… There’s an argument that you’re harassing them. Which is something you can sue over.

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          A hate crime needs a crime. Your example involving workplace is different due to worker protections. I don’t think just calling someone something is a crime though. You’d have to prove something like ‘intent to cause a riot’ or something, which is really hard to prove. Also the only damages you could sue for are emotional, which are really hard to prove; unlike your workplace example where damages would be a lot more tangible due to loss of work for example.

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            That’s a good point, I should probably mete out my understanding a bit better.

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      I feel like trashy people usually waste their money on stupid shit, but I may just be wishfully thinking

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      Windfalls of cash often wreak havoc. Let’s hope. But really, what could happen to them that’s worse than ending up as themselves, which already happened.

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        And here if I got a windfall id probably use it to do car repairs and get new boots. That’d just be a couple hundred and I’d burn out my stupid shit list at about a thousand. How do folks burn through money so easily.

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          I think the problems arise when there are multiple people involved with different ideas and guilt trips. “My important needs list should take precedence over your stupid shit list” and that kind of thing. From what I understand, LeBron James was miserable for years because every person from his early life thought he basically owed it to them to buy their mom a house.