Fair enough - although I suspect that the victim was chosen for his vulnerability and his ethnicity was probably just a 'bonus' - but obviously it's not possible to second-guess the mind-set of people who behave like this.
Whatever drove them to target this man, skin colour, disability and inability to fight back or a combination of both - the world knows they are depraved cowardly bullies.
Lets inject a little diversity into this TTT, there are also white savages, so perhaps it would be wise to point this out before you upset some of our more sensitive ABers?
AOG - //Lets inject a little diversity into this TTT, there are also white savages, so perhaps it would be wise to point this out before you upset some of our more sensitive ABers? //
I don't know of any AB'ers who are as sensitive about ethnicity as you infer - with the possible exception of yourself in fact, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
/// I don't know of any AB'ers who are as sensitive about ethnicity as you infer - with the possible exception of yourself in fact, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. ///
Then perhaps you should read the related link below, there is plenty of sensitivity shown on there.
AOG - I checked out your link - all I saw was a conversation that drifted off into the origins of gangsta rap, and didn't reach any conclusions about the notions of the term 'savage'.
/// Jordan Hill, Tesfaye Cooper, Brittany Covington, all 18, and Tanishia Covington, 24, have been charged with criminal hate crime, aggravated kidnapping and other felony charges. ///
The question that must be asked is when does a hate crime turn into a racist crime?
Surely the two are identical if both the victim and the attacker are of different races?
It seems that both are a hatred towards persons of an opposite race.
/// Stick all the labels on it you want , depraved cowardly bullies are just that - whatever hat they wear. ///
In this particular case, there is only one label (unless they are in short supply) and that is the racist label.
And I think some of us would class them rather more sinister than just "depraved cowardly bullies", that hat is mainly worn by some in school playgrounds.
//The question that must be asked is when does a hate crime turn into a racist crime?
Surely the two are identical if both the victim and the attacker are of different races?
It seems that both are a hatred towards persons of an opposite race.//
I don't think that is the case, AOG. The motive must be race for it to a race crime. If for example someone hated homosexuals and attacked one who happened to be of a different race, it would be a hate crime, but it wouldn't be racist.
Hate -Yes, full of it.
Racist -Yes, Indicated by the words they used.
Political? - Despite Trump being mentioned, I doubt they have the intellect to be dubbed that.
Cowardly and savage - Without a single doubt.