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 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:
"Most" was a hyperbolic statement on my part.

A very poor one at that, especially when “Many” is still way too hyperbolic. It entertains a narrative that hate crimes are not that much of a problem because “most” (i.e. a statistically insignificant number) are fake. Oh, I forgot, your post also gave the impression that more hate crimes are committed by PoC and Jews than by non-Jews whites. Was that the message you intended to give?

I was making a comment on what I have seen, which would be a spike in "boys who cried wolf." How does that translate into "colored people and Jews are the ones doing the hate crimes."

What we have seen is a white racist guy traveling to New York to kill a black man. We have seen a dead black man.

What we have also seen are some posters who have made 5 posts in this thread already, with none of them talking about the white racist guy or the dead black guy. They do appear to spend a lot of time minimizing the crime of a white racist killing a black guy. They also appear to have successfully derailed the thread by making sure nobody is talking about the actual crime present in the first post.

 nels1031 wrote:
As well he should, as its ridiculous for elected officials to talk out of their ass like that.

Irony.

 Tactical_Spam wrote:
How does that translate into "colored people and Jews are the ones doing the hate crimes."

What you wrote, precisely:
“I find it funny that the mayor was so quick to bash Trump and say he is responsible for the "hate crimes" when most were falsely reported or perpetrated by a colored person or a Jew.”
You cannot see how that translate to “colored people and Jews are the one perpetrating hate crimes”? I can.

I'm sure this fella will have plenty of time to reform his stance on black people while in the clink. I hear the resident representatives of that demographic are an accommodating bunch...

 nels1031 wrote:

 feeder wrote:
It's the most recent data available, and gives a general idea of the number of hate crimes we can expect to see. The point is, while there is a non-zero number of falsely reported hate crimes, it is so tiny as to be irrelevant, and certainly not something that needs to be trotted out whenever there is a high-profile hate crime committed.

I'd say it can be trotted out when a politician, as in the original OP, references an as yet unverifiable and unproveable 'spike' in hate crimes. The poster that you quoted was attacking that statement, perhaps not with the best method, and walked back the language a bit, but attacking it nonetheless.

As well he should, as its ridiculous for elected officials to talk out of their ass like that.

People have exploited hate crimes in a false way for political or other Gain it is true.
However that's a small number and when caught there credibility is destroyed more than Cadia.

The percentage is low but those seeking to exploit are put there.

Why use a knife (or "black mini-sword" as the police said) when he could have used a gun? Would a white man be afraid of random searches (assuming he couldn't legally transport a gun from Maryland to NY) or is he actually an American who doesn't own one despite being a veteran and living in a not-unreasonably anti-gun state?

Guns for show, knives for a pro.