• /home/pineapplelover
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    422 days ago

    Title made it sound like you’re allowed to burn every pride flag in sight. So yeah, I thought that was always allowed. You could set fire to your own belongings, what’s new?

    • @barsquid@lemmy.world
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      221 days ago

      Burning flags you don’t own is definitely arson. In this case a slam dunk hate crime conviction as well.

        • @barsquid@lemmy.world
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          220 days ago

          Yeah that’s pretty much the definition of a hate crime. They’re doing it specifically to scare and intimidate people of certain groups. I hope the charges stick.

          • I agree. It’s really not that different from say spray painting KKK on a black church. It wasn’t the act it was the intention and the goal.