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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
The surge in hate crimes described in The Observer's headline also looks a bit dubious, according to BBC programme More or Less which spoke to the charity concerned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08504ln |
I'm not sure there has been a surge in hate crime at all ,i think that people are using the term 'hate crime' to cover what would normally be a vocal disagreement .I also think it's a dangerous term to bandy about without just cause because we will become ignorant to it (as is starting to happen) and when 'hate crime' does happen it will be ignored