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And you are blaming congress? ????
Originally posted by TheWalkingFox
reply to post by Snarf
Not at all. If this chick had yanked the scarf off a white woman because it was a white woman, she would be facing the same charges. if the roles had been reversed and the motive the same, the charges would be the same.
I'm curious, Snarf. Why do so many people such as yourself believe that these are the only times that motive should not be a factor in sentencing? It's very strange that so many people have no problem with a criminal's motive being factored into the sentence they're given unless that motive happens to be bigotry. So, explain to me - why is it you think bigotry should be the only motive in a crime that gets no consideration?
Originally posted by badgerprints
They won't be giving her jail time for pulling a scarf off of another persons head.
They will be giving her the jail time for what she was thinking.
That's the scary part.
Originally posted by badgerprints
They won't be giving her jail time for pulling a scarf off of another persons head.
They will be giving her the jail time for what she was thinking.
That's the scary part.
This was an assault. You don't aggressively touch a stranger, or snatch them, or their clothing. Oh, what am I saying? I know you know this!
Originally posted by ladyinwaiting
reply to post by plumranch
You are deliberately minimizing what happened. Suppose someone came up to you, appeared angry, and knocked your hat off your head. You know darn well you would be angry, and feel assaulted, because you would have been! And to make it worse, what if it was a stranger in a public place? An angry stranger?
The muslim woman was assaulted. This was an assault. You don't aggressively touch a stranger, or snatch them, or their clothing. Oh, what am I saying? I know you know this!
What Valerie, or whoever, did was wrong and now she must accept the consequences. It's nobody's fault but her own.
Originally posted by Wildbob77
It's entirely possible that the scarf was inadvertently pulled.