What if all of the hoopla over this massive increase in "hate crimes" isn't actually an accurate statement of the way things really are?
Apparently, some data might suggest that it's not.
The (clearly racist, Trump loving, KKK supporting) Detroit News suggests that data suggests that the "hate crime' epidemic might be over blown.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/nolan-finley/2019/04/07/finley-americas-hate-crime-surge-hoax/3374192002/
The story cites the research and data compiled by (again, a racist Trump loving Klan supporter) professor named Will Reilly.
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I have always been skeptical when we hear these types of things. Like "Autism is on the increase" when it really wasn't that long ago that they even figured it out and they're still not sure how to define it ("They're 'on the spectrum'."). So in this case, you define a whole new list of "hate crimes" that never were hate crimes before and then you change the reporting system and factor in the news media that is keeping this in our faces and, BANG, you have a hate-crime explosion ... maybe.
One factor is the significant number of cities that just started to report hate crimes. Which would account for part of the jump.
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