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Why Am I Not Surprised? 0

Going back to Philosophy 101, I’ll start by defining a term:

The FBI defines hate crimes as “criminal offense[s] against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity.”

Romeo Vitelli, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, takes a look at the opposition of hate crime laws. Not surprisingly, he finds that those who oppose hate crime laws are motivated by (wait for it) hate. Here’s a tiny little bit from his much longer article:

. . . the researchers found an association between prejudice against Hispanic, Asian, and Black communities and opposition to hate-crime laws.

Follow the link for context.

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