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‘Day of the rope is coming’: Black church terrorized by Nazi and KKK threats of lynching
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<blockquote data-quote="MoonlessNight" data-source="post: 71706789" data-attributes="member: 13255"><p>Fake hate crimes are common enough that you could make a good case for assuming that a hate crime is fake until it is proven to be authentic.</p><p></p><p>It's easy to see why they are they so common:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Even with the number of hoaxes revealed in past years, it is rare for most people to question or to even investigate them. Thus the hoax doesn't have to be very good to work.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The response to them generally is pretty big, certainly much bigger than could be hoped for from any other attempt to drum up support for a cause.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Even when hoaxers are found out, they are very rarely punished. Indeed, many people will make excuses for them, saying that they were pressured into faking things in response to real hate that went unnoticed, or saying that they "started a conversation," as in your case, which justifies the deception.</li> </ul><p>Put that all together and you have an action which is easy, has the potential for a large payoff, and has little potential for negative blowback. All in all, as long as you don't care about acting immorally by lying, it looks pretty attractive.</p><p></p><p>Of course it could be that this is an actual threat by some white supremacist groups. Fake crimes are common, but they aren't universal, after all.</p><p></p><p>The most responsible thing to do is to wait and see until more solid information comes out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoonlessNight, post: 71706789, member: 13255"] Fake hate crimes are common enough that you could make a good case for assuming that a hate crime is fake until it is proven to be authentic. It's easy to see why they are they so common: [LIST] [*]Even with the number of hoaxes revealed in past years, it is rare for most people to question or to even investigate them. Thus the hoax doesn't have to be very good to work. [*]The response to them generally is pretty big, certainly much bigger than could be hoped for from any other attempt to drum up support for a cause. [*]Even when hoaxers are found out, they are very rarely punished. Indeed, many people will make excuses for them, saying that they were pressured into faking things in response to real hate that went unnoticed, or saying that they "started a conversation," as in your case, which justifies the deception. [/LIST] Put that all together and you have an action which is easy, has the potential for a large payoff, and has little potential for negative blowback. All in all, as long as you don't care about acting immorally by lying, it looks pretty attractive. Of course it could be that this is an actual threat by some white supremacist groups. Fake crimes are common, but they aren't universal, after all. The most responsible thing to do is to wait and see until more solid information comes out. [/QUOTE]
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