Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 12 days agoIf not intentially a minority and I get into a fight and I did not know they were gay, palestinian, jewish, or whatever. Can I still be charged with a hate crime? Or does one have to know first?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down18
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareIf not intentially a minority and I get into a fight and I did not know they were gay, palestinian, jewish, or whatever. Can I still be charged with a hate crime? Or does one have to know first?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarebrian@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 days agoI thought being religiously motivated also would qualify as a hate crime? Or is the implication that one’s religion is also immutable?
minus-squareyoevli@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoThat’s a good point; I had overlooked that as a category. That said, it is sort of the odd one out in terms of “immutable traits” (notwithstanding Jews specifically, at least when referring to ethnicity rather than religion).
I thought being religiously motivated also would qualify as a hate crime? Or is the implication that one’s religion is also immutable?
That’s a good point; I had overlooked that as a category. That said, it is sort of the odd one out in terms of “immutable traits” (notwithstanding Jews specifically, at least when referring to ethnicity rather than religion).