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1. Do we have figures detailing if and by how much "hate crime" rates have risen since Obama was inaugurated or elected? And are we going by the inauguration date or the election date?
2. Stats 101: Correlation does not mean causation. Just because ice cream sales are rising and so are drownings doesn't mean one influences the other. Summer coming around is the lurking variable. I have a hard time accepting such a broad cause/effect like that (Obama elected = more "hate crimes").
**Disclaimer: not a fan of the "hate crime" label to begin with. A murder is a murder and the perpetrator should be punished accordingly. Having this dubious label of "hate crime",and more strict punishments for them, I would argue does nothing to deter further crimes with racial, religious, socio-economic, etc. motivation.
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Last edited by Bullitt; 06-16-2009 at 07:43 PM.
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