@jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world • 23 days agoColorado Republicans call for pride flags to be burnedwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1236cross-posted to: colorado@lemmy.world
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minus-square@afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•20 days agoNot that far from me someone was caught ripping a pride flag down and they said they were looking at hate crime charges.
minus-square@barsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•20 days agoYeah 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.
minus-square@afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•20 days agoI 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.
Not that far from me someone was caught ripping a pride flag down and they said they were looking at hate crime charges.
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.