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        5 months ago

        Title made it sound like you’re allowed to burn every pride flag in sight. So yeah, I thought that was always allowed. You could set fire to your own belongings, what’s new?

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          5 months ago

          Burning flags you don’t own is definitely arson. In this case a slam dunk hate crime conviction as well.

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              5 months ago

              Yeah that’s pretty much the definition of a hate crime. They’re doing it specifically to scare and intimidate people of certain groups. I hope the charges stick.

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                I agree. It’s really not that different from say spray painting KKK on a black church. It wasn’t the act it was the intention and the goal.