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Section_80 t1_ja7v4il wrote

what was the mosque doing that someone felt the need to go vandalize it?

Most crimes like this are just stupid. Nothing they do impacts your life, leave other people alone, and find better shit to do.

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ParallelPeterParker t1_ja8feht wrote

Right - this is already illegal so calling it a hate crime seems like an attempt to impute a thought crime to someone we don't know anything about.

And frankly, I assume most graffiti is somewhere between 'art' (in someone's eyes) and stupidity/childishness (and not necessarily by a child). These folks should just have to fix it.

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Section_80 t1_ja8ly2m wrote

If it's committed by an adult they should face consequences for it.

You don't just go tagging places of worship, it's just a matter of respect.

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ParallelPeterParker t1_ja8qqxj wrote

I was trying to avoid that point, but I actually agree - sorry if it didn't come across that way. It is still a childish thing to do in many (most?) cases.

ETA: I mostly think all people really want is to be put the way they were before anything happened. Chief among them being members of most religious institutions.

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PhillyPanda t1_ja9tt1v wrote

According to the inquirer article it was grafitti’d with things like “Jesus Christ” and Star of David crossed out which I think regardless of how you view tagging religious institutions generally moves it into the realm of hate crimes

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