
<p>Following up on last week’s “boogyman” inspired <a href="https://americancultist.org/2021/05/22/a-history-of-hate-speech/">A history of hate speech</a>, we encounter a current example of centralization of government via fearmongering. Harmless enough in name. the COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act allows the federal government to hijack any race related case <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/937/text">they choose(7,8).</a></p>



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<p>In addition to having first dibs on cases – because you can’t leave it to the state to deliver the “right” verdict – there will be a massive increase in general oversight.</p>



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<p>The very premise of a hate campaign against Asians rests on dubious evidence. A widely circulated <a href="https://www.csusb.edu/sites/default/files/FACT%20SHEET-%20Anti-Asian%20Hate%202020%203.2.21.pdf">study</a> from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism (CSHE) showed the United States dropped 7 percent in hate crimes between 2019 and 2020. Not to admit progress of any sort, certain quarters fixated on the jump from 49 to 122 anti-Asian hate crimes. While 150 percent is a large number, that sample size is inadequate to satisfy any standards for generalization.</p>



<p>Just as fear of communism and Nazism prompted both successful and unsuccessful attempts to limit speech, the consternation of a hysterical society has opened the door to centralization – with no debate or even a whisper of criticism.</p>

Hate Crime is an excuse to seize power
