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Originally Posted by Dezzy

Hate Crime has been a thing in the UK for 31 years, it's hardly a recent thing... And yes, it IS a thing. It's honestly quite worrying that you deny it's existence never mind the fact that you believe it to be a method of control... The fact that you believe that Hate Crimes don't exist and that, if they did the fact they would criminalise behaviours associated with it as 'anti-equality' is quite astounding.

Honestly, I can understand why people are throwing those accusations at you in your previous post when you make ignorant statements such as this.

Hate crimes come from all quarters, let's not pretend it is exclusive to those of one particular viewpoint. They usually have more to do with the individual than any political views.

It is what is labelled as a 'hate crime' that counts. The word 'hate' is thrown around very selectively by some which waters down its meaning. Those doing all the throwing are therefore responsible for that.

Opposing immigration for instance is not in itself 'hate' - how they go about opposing it may be. How someone opposes anyone that expresses such an opinion could also be 'hate'. These things need to be proven - just saying it means nothing.