cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/2089998
Archived version: https://archive.ph/X5D30
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230830081318/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66654134
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/2089998
Archived version: https://archive.ph/X5D30
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230830081318/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66654134
You say that like it’s explicitly allowed by the state. It isn’t. It’s a legal defense lawyers use in court. Whether or not it’s legitimate is determined by a jury.
gAy PaNiC is never legitimate.
Tell that to the jury. What are you expecting to happen?
Wow, it is almost like a place where juries let people off on the gay panic defense is a place that is unsafe to be as a trans person.
the state, inside and outside courtrooms, to shut down hate crimes.
Well that’s a very easy thing to say but I’m afraid you’re going to have to be more specific.
funny how we can defend property through a system of laws and enforcement but that’s not specific enough to stop hate crimes
Okay so you don’t know then? It’s ok to just say that.
don’t know what? laws that criminalize being queer should be stricken from the books and the people who do hate crimes should be punished. both of those elements are being rolled back in the US and you’re being obtuse.
There are no such laws in existence in this country.
You need to learn that whether something is explicit or not doesn’t matter as much as what is happening in effect.
But that “effect” has nothing to do with the US…
Yes, because no jury members live in the US corporate media ecosystem which pushes vile transphobia constantly with the support of the US government.
There are no jury members outside the US? That’s your position?
You aren’t able to read a one sentence reply? Is that your position?
Or is it that you dont want to engage with the content and are just saying bullshit instead of being thoughtful?
Not only am I able, but I did. Anything else you’d like to fabricate about me?
I’m somewhere in between “you can’t read” and “you’re a debate pervert”. I decided to settle at “it’s both”.