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Originally Posted by batair
No there are fake hate crimes and it would not surprise me if the rate went up.
Whats that got to do with real hate crimes going up? And why did you bring fake ones up?
You made a claim that hate crimes went up, and linked that either to donald trump, or people who voted for donald trump.
Isnt it pretty obvious why I brought up the fake hate crimes?
If hate crimes rose 100%, and 80% of them are hoaxes, then the rate only rose 20%. Yes, that still leaves 20% , but as aaron, and the articles he linked, point out, it is difficult to draw direct correlations , for various reasons.
further, the fake ones often specifically reference donald trump, eg "I was harassed by a group of men wearing Make America Great Again teeshirts", these specifically try to link trump to the rise in hate crimes, the same as you do in your previous post.