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[–]AFutureConcern 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The purpose of reporting widely on hate crime hoaxes is to trap the discussion into "did it happen or not". The real question - should "hate crime" even be its own category of crime - is tacitly answered in the affirmative by unprincipled conservatives who only care if it happened or not.