Hate crime?

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(07-04-2019, 04:09 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Race is a protected class and in many cases so is sexual orientation. I know it's a difficult concept but people can be hated and perhaps in this case attacked simply because of their skin color. I'm unsure why it matters what color the skin is.

As to the question I posed I didn't get much feedback so I'll share my opinion.

We don't have enough knowledge, we must know what is the source for the hate and what was the trigger for the action. If her hate was sourced in race and the delay was a trigger then yes it's a hate crime. If the source was she always has to wait for her McNuggets and the appearance of the worker was a trigger then no it's not a hate crime. 

But either way; as you say she is wrong, not sure about crazy. 

Well, I'm playing devil's advocate here.  If you want to just say she attacked the guy because he is white and call it a hate crime, so be it.  That would require discussing if white supremacist and Trump supporter are things that are inherently connected to being a white guy, being a white guy being the thing he can't change.  

Let's just picture a white woman pointing a gun at a black guy because he's "obviously" a member of a Crips and he's an Obama supporter.  Actually, I'm pretty sure "He looked like a gang member" would be a rational defense in pointing a gun at, and shooting a black guy, so maybe that's a bad example.