(January 5, 2017 at 9:30 pm)The_Empress Wrote: I'll say it: it was a hate crime because it was racially motivated. No one said "fuck disabled people" but they did say "fuck white people". If the tables were turned, and it was white kids torturing a disabled black kid, saying "fuck black people," I'd be saying the same thing.
Playing devils advocate
let's say they did target him for his disability and the slurs and trump bashing were just to add to his torment this scenario also holds for your black scenario
but as I have said over it makes no difference ultimately as it does not hurt the victim less nor does it make his attackers more or less evil
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.
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