@normative It's "symbolic" to treat black victims of terrorism the same as you'd treat white ones?
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Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel When doing so yields no practical difference in outcomes, yes, pretty much by definition.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @normative
@normative By outcome, you're thinking only of Roof and not of what the application of terrorism only to Muslims does for LE in the country?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel But... It's not being charged as terrorism.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @normative
@normative Yup. And I agree hate crime is stupid. But treating black terrorist victims different is even stupider, for many reasons.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel OK, well, can we break the trend with the next high profile case involving white victims, then argue for consistency with that?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @normative
@normative You're confident that will end up eliminating all laws that treat Muslims but not non-Muslim as "intl" terrorists then? Superb!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel No. I'd like to see fewer redundant federal prosecutions, whether or not it solves that problem.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @normative
@normative Fair. I think that problem is more urgent, but I definitely get where you (and@bmaz, who agrees with you) are coming from.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel@bmaz It may well be more urgent, but I doubt federalizing more murders helps significantly.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@normative Not as a hate crime, bc that doesn't come w/policing, But as a terrorist crime it would. @bmaz
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