jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoColorado Republicans call for pride flags to be burnedwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1237cross-posted to: colorado@lemmy.world
arrow-up1237external-linkColorado Republicans call for pride flags to be burnedwww.independent.co.ukjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square58fedilinkcross-posted to: colorado@lemmy.world
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoNot that far from me someone was caught ripping a pride flag down and they said they were looking at hate crime charges.
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months 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-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months 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.