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FBI: Hate crimes against Muslims up by 67 percent in 2015
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SliceSabre
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Trump supporters are going blow that number out of the fucking water over the next 4-8 years.
Fucking awful.
Fucking awful.
Netherscourge
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And, ironically, the FBI helped elect him.
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Not surprising. 2015 had some high profile terror attacks (Paris, San Bernardino) even before you consider the Trump factor.
Black Republican
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Economic Anxiety though
Dark Cloud
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I feel like we just went back over 60 years.
Morrigan Stark
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Charlie Hebdo was January 7, 2015. There was another high profile one in Chatanooga in July.
Not all of the attacks Europe/US attacks in 2015 happened in the last couple months.
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VendettaRed07
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Post fact World doesn't care
n00bsauce87
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Basically this. I don't believe a lot of people are racist, but hoo boy, privilege is the name of the game this year. It dominated this election and it's the reason this stuff gets ignored. It then enables those who are truly twisted and racist to get a free pass for the things they do.
Take my parents, for example. They are extraordinarily kind and helpful people, donate to charities that help minorities, volunteer time at shelters, and have a diverse group of friends. But they simply think that the violence towards and lack of opportunity for tons of minorities, particularly blacks and muslims, is largely overblown and over-covered by the media. They simply don't want to believe that this stuff is true, and as a result, completely ignore it and exacerbate the issue.
It's as others are saying, we're post fact. It's impossible for me to talk to people about politics because people don't really want to believe anything they see in the news. The fact that all the pundits and pollsters had this election wrong has made that even worse. They'll never believe approval ratings, scientific studies, or even reports from the FBI like this again.
Skellig Gra
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There were many other incidents that year and before. Charlie Hedbo, the failed train attack come to mind.
Does it have to be surprise to you? Its bad, no matter how you slice it.
The Albatross
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...5-including-a-big-increase-targeting-muslims/
Washington Post covered similarly with some more depth.
Very disturbing.
Washington Post covered similarly with some more depth.
Very disturbing.
Skellig Gra
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Interesting numbers, I wonder what the distinction between "Various" and "Other" is on the Religion metrics.
Why are we killing the Jews?
Skellig Gra
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Ask Mel Gibson
Wow, I didn't realize the Jewish numbers were so high. I wonder if Jewish victims are more likely to report crimes than other groups? I would have assumed that Muslims faced the highest amount of discrimination out of all the religions. It is probably due to anti-semitism being around longer though
The Albatross
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It'll be really telling when we see some of the 2016 data given this election. If there's one group of people that the alt-right hate more than Muslims, it's Jews. And with Steve Bannon being named to a high position in Trump's transition committee... those numbers are going to continue to grow and grow.
Audioboxer
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The Jews are arguably the most persecuted group on the planet. I mean if you think its bad in America go to the middle East and see how bad Jew hatred is.
These stats are still disgusting and will probably only rise now.
chillybright
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Are there more Muslim in the US now than before?
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