Ye Old Double Standard

[Snaggletiger]

After 3 years of home schooling mini Snags, we put him back in general population.  Enrolled him in a Christian school and he's done quite well.  (Compared to his previous in-school experiences)  Anywho, a couple of nights ago, a couple of people made the rounds to three Christian schools here in Dothan and one church.  They decided to take a gun and shoot up doors and numerous windows, including at the school where mini goes.  Clearly a targeting of Christian entities.

Local police have some video and a few leads and I'm sure the people will be caught soon enough.  There's a whopping $1,500.00 reward for information leading to an arrest.  According to reports, once they're caught, they'll be charged with "Criminal mischief". 

Is this the crime of the century?  No.  Was there an extreme amount of damage?  Nope.  Maybe a couple of thousand, if that.  So what's the problem?

The question becomes, had this involved someone taking a gun and going around to 4 Muslim Mosques and shooting up the buildings, would the FBI be involved?  Yes.  Would this be national news?  Absolutely!  Would it be deemed a "Hate crime".  YYyyyyyyyou betcha', it would.

Welcome to America.

[wesfau2]

Your problem, it seems, is with "hate crimes" and their attempts to protect minority populations.

Obviously Christians wouldn't be covered.

[Snaggletiger]

Your problem, it seems, is with "hate crimes" and their attempts to protect minority populations.

Obviously Christians wouldn't be covered.

Definition from the FBI's website

A hate crime is a traditional offense like murder, arson, or vandalism with an added element of bias. For the purposes of collecting statistics, the FBI has defined a hate crime as a “criminal offense 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.” Hate itself is not a crime—and the FBI is mindful of protecting freedom of speech and other civil liberties.

[Ogre]

Definition from the FBI's website

A hate crime is a traditional offense like murder, arson, or vandalism with an added element of bias. For the purposes of collecting statistics, the FBI has defined a hate crime as a “criminal offense 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.” Hate itself is not a crime—and the FBI is mindful of protecting freedom of speech and other civil liberties.

Don't bother - he can't hear you over his white guilt. 

[Snaggletiger]

One addendum, codicil or quid pro quo (And other semi-legal sounding terms that may or may not apply)

Tonight is an "open house" at my son's school.  The school was getting the word out on their bookface page and the night before all this occurred, someone posted an extremely hateful and somewhat disturbing message on their page about these schools being cults and brainwashing our kids etc.  The school took it down pretty quickly but Snagette caught it before and read it to me.  Before the vandalism happened, we had already made the decision to go, but heat will be packed. 

[ssgaufan]

One addendum, codicil or quid pro quo (And other semi-legal sounding terms that may or may not apply)

Tonight is an "open house" at my son's school.  The school was getting the word out on their bookface page and the night before all this occurred, someone posted an extremely hateful and somewhat disturbing message on their page about these schools being cults and brainwashing our kids etc.  The school took it down pretty quickly but Snagette caught it before and read it to me.  Before the vandalism happened, we had already made the decision to go, but heat will be packed.

Oh shit!  You're getting to take your balls?

[wesfau2]

Definition from the FBI's website

A hate crime is a traditional offense like murder, arson, or vandalism with an added element of bias. For the purposes of collecting statistics, the FBI has defined a hate crime as a “criminal offense 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.” Hate itself is not a crime—and the FBI is mindful of protecting freedom of speech and other civil liberties.

I'll tap out on the formal definition.  The policy was instituted to prevent harm to minorities.

Don't bother - he can't hear you over his white guilt. 

Crippling, indeed.

[Snaggletiger]

Oh shit!  You're getting to take your balls?

Damn it, man.  Watch your mouth. This is a Christian school.

[Snaggletiger]

I'll tap out on the formal definition.  The policy was instituted to prevent harm to minorities.

Agreed. 

[WiregrassTiger]

I'm just glad that some school is allowing the boy back to attend with others. A few incidents of baloney bopping on the sliding board when one is 10 is perfectly normal I say.