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New York woman who pepper-sprayed Muslim Uber driver indicted for hate crime
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2024
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Why are yall downvoting a question? Fr there’s no indication this was asked in bad faith. Are yall just morons?
There are people asking questions and there are people "asking questions" in an attempt to derail debate.
Honest question: what is up for debate regarding the case? I think all the facts are clear, no?
That's correct, which is where my comments comes from. They aren't curious about the definition of a hate crime, they are trying to insert doubt while feigning ignorance.
Again, with sincerity: did the woman who perpetrated the assault or her attorney give any public statement re: her motive? I saw in the video linked to the article said that the attorney, when asked by this reporter, had no comment. Was there anything ever released or documented about why she snapped?
What I'm getting at is did she attack him for being a man, a muslim, or a muslim and a man?
~~Furthermore, it's not clear to me if she's being charged with "vanilla" assault and battery or if there's a hate crime charge on top of it. This may be my own fault for reading too quickly.~~
Nevermind that. I re-read the aricle.
I wish I could have seen this comment, too bad.
Yeah, sort of borderline "begs the question" here... A good indicator of sincerity in asking would be if OP of that question stuck around and actually engaged and thanked people that gave good answers - AFAIK they have not.
So again, borderline.
Sometimes I'll ask a sincere question worded in a way that I didn't realize implied anything, and get downvoted to hell. If anybody answers I'll upvote, but I rarely want to stick around to explain why I don't kick puppies or whatever.
Definitely a fair assessment.
"I'm just asking questions!"