• /home/pineapplelover
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    45 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?

    • @barsquid
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      25 months ago

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

      • @afraid_of_zombies
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        35 months ago

        Not that far from me someone was caught ripping a pride flag down and they said they were looking at hate crime charges.

        • @barsquid
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          25 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.

          • @afraid_of_zombies
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            25 months ago

            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.