It should also be noted, for anyone who did go through the whole swath of videos and articles in this article.
Mr. Gryphon's whole video hinges on the magical number of 7 being the number of deaths caused by hate crime. However where he got the number from is a mystery to me, because the article which talked about is quoted as saying:
Homicides
The year was one of the deadliest for victims of hate crimes in more than a decade. At least 12 people were killed in nine separate suspected hate crimes, according to an unofficial tally by the San Bernardino center, although Levin stressed the actual number could turn out to be much higher.
The FBI reported five hate crime killings in 2016 and 19 in 2015, when white supremacist Dylann Roof murdered nine black worshippers at a church in Charleston, South Carolina.
The victims of the 2017 murders included four blacks, three whites, three Middle Easterners/Muslims, one gay man, and one transgender person.
Levin said there was “an alarming increase” in fatal attacks on transgender people. The rights group Human Rights Campaign noted a record 28 transgender murders in 2017, but only one has been labeled a hate crime.
It even had an info graphic showing 5 deaths by gun, 5 by knife, and 2 by car.
In the above section the number 7 doesn't even exist for any prior year. We have the numbers 19 in 2015, 5 in 2016, and 12 in 2017. So I am scratching my head as to where that number even came from.
I mean sure, it may not be frequent, and it's just as likely as getting struck by lightning. But the reason people getting struck by lighting is so low is we take precautions to prevent it. We go in our house, get off plugged in electronic devices, don't stand under trees. That statistic would go up if, say, everyone climbed atop a utility pole and held a golf club to the sky during a lightning storm.
So with hate crimes, I think many people found it concerning that electing a president who seems to promote behaviors in our social discourse that will not help keep the numbers at a low bar, which is why there has been an increase, even if it's still not highly frequent. People want to keep it that way.
It should also be noted, for anyone who did go through the whole swath of videos and articles in this article.
Mr. Gryphon's whole video hinges on the magical number of 7 being the number of deaths caused by hate crime. However where he got the number from is a mystery to me, because the article which talked about is quoted as saying:
It even had an info graphic showing 5 deaths by gun, 5 by knife, and 2 by car.
In the above section the number 7 doesn't even exist for any prior year. We have the numbers 19 in 2015, 5 in 2016, and 12 in 2017. So I am scratching my head as to where that number even came from.
I mean sure, it may not be frequent, and it's just as likely as getting struck by lightning. But the reason people getting struck by lighting is so low is we take precautions to prevent it. We go in our house, get off plugged in electronic devices, don't stand under trees. That statistic would go up if, say, everyone climbed atop a utility pole and held a golf club to the sky during a lightning storm.
So with hate crimes, I think many people found it concerning that electing a president who seems to promote behaviors in our social discourse that will not help keep the numbers at a low bar, which is why there has been an increase, even if it's still not highly frequent. People want to keep it that way.