strandroad wrote: » It's far beyond teen stupidity
ohnonotgmail wrote: » She was assaulted
One of the boys landed in front of me. He had jumped over me, leap-frogged over my head from behind
Bunny Colvin wrote: » From the article: He nailed the jump so didn't physically touch her.
suicide_circus wrote: » i think "Hate" crime is a bit of a misnomer here. Does anyone actually think these little sheits did what they did because they "hate" small people? Who goes round hating people with dwarfism? nobody, thats who. their actions were cruel and mean. But being the victim of a a "Mean Crime" doesnt sound quite as good i guess.
suicide_circus wrote: » i dunno, teenagers can be very stupid. what do you think their motivation was?
MrFresh wrote: » Hate crime is just a buzz word. Crimes motivated by discrimination is what they are. And this would seem to fit the bill. In Ireland an assault doesn't require physical contact.
(b) causes another to believe on reasonable grounds that he or she is likely immediately to be subjected to any such force or impact
Yer Da sells Avon wrote: » Who goes around attempting to diminish hate crimes? That weird cohort of dreadful, pedantic and massively tedious AH posters, that's who. Fuck me, this place. Jesus.
strandroad wrote: » Views on social media. But in the process they didn't see her as a human being.
MrFresh wrote: » Hate crime is just a buzz word. Crimes motivated by discrimination is what they are. And this would seem to fit the bill.
strandroad wrote: » They could have easily broken her neck or kicked her in the eye. It's far beyond teen stupidity and you don't do it to a person you're neutral towards.
suicide_circus wrote: » such righteous indignation! people can have different opinions and thats ok.
suicide_circus wrote: » i think "Hate" crime is a bit of a misnomer here. Does anyone actually think these little sheits did what they did because they "hate" small people? Who goes round hating people with dwarfism? nobody, thats who.
The Highwayman wrote: » Yes because we all know how many broken necks and ripped out eyes are caused by playing leap frog. This is the exact kind of overreaction that has people screaming hate crime. Get over yourself.
To Leap Frog: places hands on the first's back and leaps over by straddling legs wide apart on each side.
ohnonotgmail wrote: » Funny the people who say it isn't a hate crime and in the same post describe it as exactly what a hate crime is.
Irene Grumpy Crystal wrote: » Why do you care more about words than the sh1tty thing that was done to someone alone and unable to defend themselves?
Candie wrote: » I imagine it's called a hate crime since it only occurred because she is a dwarf. If she wasn't, it wouldn't have happened so she was targeted specifically because she was different. I don't think anyone is promoting it as the worse example of a hate crime but still, what it's called is very much a secondary consideration.
Tenley Gorgeous Shag wrote: » If that's meant to be funny then it's a huge fail. It's also a pedantic attempt to diminish what was an assault.
Irene Grumpy Crystal wrote: » I'm starting to suspect that they would have done it also - or at best think the two lads were ****ing brilliant to have done that to a women who's just a dwarf. Why else such hostility and lack of empathy towards her?
Candie wrote: » I'm not a dwarf but I am quite small and I've had someone pick me up and literally throw me to his friend across a table of drinks, they thought it was hilarious but it frightened me and has never left me. Now I'm anxious in some situations when I never was before. I hope she's okay and her message is heeded by the people she talks to, it's a worthwhile endeavour.
Calhoun wrote: » What the **** , what kind of meat head Neanderthal thinks this is funny. Hope you kicked him in the balls.
The Highwayman wrote: » There are a lot of things I'd call this behaviour but a hate crime? No, not everything you experience or dislike is a hate crime.https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/education/sinead-burke-talks-about-the-hate-crime-that-led-to-her-new-campaign-in-dublin-schools-38007423.html
Yer Da sells Avon wrote: » I suspect that they simply don't give a shit about what happened to her, as opposed to being literally hostile towards people with Achondroplasia, but the concept of hate crime irks them because it also applies to attacks against marginalised groups that they do hate.
