• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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      There’s an “and” in the second statement. It requires all three to be true.

      Still a horrible racist law. If they want gangs to be labeled terrorists, just drop the Hispanic requirement and go after all of them.

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        You’re correct, however, by including “Hispanic” as a qualifier, excludes convicted gangbangers who are not Hispanic.

        While it is true to say that the law doesn’t include all Hispanics… it’s also true to say it doesn’t apply to white gang members or any other. Which means that while Hispanic gang member are terrorists, non-Hispanic are not terrorists, just …gang members…

        It’s fucking racist.

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          That’s what the semicolons are for. It’s like saying “red, white, and blue”. You don’t need to say “red and white and blue”.

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            Except in this country where the courts can’t read and just makes up whatever it wants. Easier to do the less explicit things are.

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      No, the bill clearly has a three part definition of a terrorist. One part is race related, but the other two that must be satisfied are about gang activity.