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		XorNot on June 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Killing Community Except when the people hurling racial abuse are just winding themselves up to committing a murder[1]. [1] https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/09/us/ajike-owens-shooting-d...

shrimp_emoji on June 13, 2023 | [–]

So let's do Minority Report and ban the things leading up to the crimes!

That's totally affordable to a free society, right?

hn_thrwn on June 13, 2023 | [2 more]

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XorNot on June 13, 2023 | [–]

You mean another example of someone hurling abuse where it turns out they were not harmless and in fact fully intended to escalate?

i.e literally the exact same thing

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