• EnderWi99in@kbin.social
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    For PRISON?? Over a racist statement? That’s mental. I think he’s a fucking racist moron but I’ll defend his ability to speak freely.

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      Then we need to educate people better. Once you hit the point where the hegemony decides idiots are more useful to their goals it begins to breakdown. The People are left stupid and vulnerable and they begin to cling to any mouthpiece that is loud enough. A vicious cycle initiates where hatred and fear are the only offspring. If we aren’t going to take education seriously we need to watch what statements people are gravitating towards. Least we wind up with the common man investing in evil ideology.

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        I completely agree, and wherever you live I hope that you vote on improving public education for your state. I certainly do in mine, and we’re represented by people who share that mindset as well. The problem is there’s a high chance you live in one of these places too whereas many other states have declining public education standards and the voting base doesn’t seem to care, or actively distrusts education unfortunately.

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        No… No it’s not. I’m not sure where you’re getting your law books from.

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          Racism is not a crime in America then? Can I just travel over there and go throw around racial slurs?

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            Hate crimes are what you’re thinking of here. Racism is awful but it’s not illegal. Saying racist things and verbally harassing, threatening, or abusing people are two very different things.