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Maryland State Police investigates ‘No illeagles here’ graffiti as a hate crime

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Maryland State Police investigates

The spray-painted message states: “No illeagles here. No undocumented Democrats.”

This must be a false flag attack. Bunch of Liberals making a crack on Democrats. Yep, that's the only explanation.

Okay, so one idiot did graffiti(Got that out of the way). This idiot, however, would appear to be conservative.

Unless they're thinking that they don't want a sick bird shelter there (ill-eagles?)
 
Misspellings prove conservative hands.

NO ILLEAGLES...NO SICK EAGLES
 
It's not unreasonable to expect that we would not want people illegally entering our country. Don't see how this merits hate, or crime, save vandalism.
 
It's not unreasonable to expect that we would not want people illegally entering our country. Don't see how this merits hate, or crime, save vandalism.

I don't see hate crime necessarily, but I wouldn't condone vandalism.
 
Misspellings prove conservative hands.

NO ILLEAGLES...NO SICK EAGLES

While I have seen a lot of bad spellings from the idiot crowd of the TP (and they do have their idiots, "Get a brain, morans" "Obama is a half-breed muslin"), the part that tipped me off was the "undocumented Democrats."
 
This must be a false flag attack. Bunch of Liberals making a crack on Democrats. Yep, that's the only explanation.

Okay, so one idiot did graffiti(Got that out of the way). This idiot, however, would appear to be conservative.

Unless they're thinking that they don't want a sick bird shelter there (ill-eagles?)

It's not a hate crime IMO. Vandalism, yes. I didn't realize the Maryland state police think illegals are a protected class now lol.
 
The spray-painted message states: “No illeagles here. No undocumented Democrats.”
Yes, we definitely need to send back the illegals, otherwise we will just be subjecting them to the short comings of our liberal education system on display in the quote. And we definitely don't need any more undocumented Democrats. :lamo
 
This is absolutely vandalism and should not be a hate crime. In fact, I do not agree with using hate crime laws against small offenses such as this. It is stupid and done more to try to make a political point than truly get any justice. It is not reasonable to be intimidated (which is part of the reason for hate crime laws) by only things like graffiti. If someone was actually hurting or threatening someone specific because of something about them (race, national origin, religion, etc.), sure a hate crime. But it should absolutely be required to be directed at someone specific or be something that actually causes harm to some group specifically.
 
Is it the State Police or the Grammar Police that are going after this person?
 
Maryland State Police investigates



This must be a false flag attack. Bunch of Liberals making a crack on Democrats. Yep, that's the only explanation.

Okay, so one idiot did graffiti(Got that out of the way). This idiot, however, would appear to be conservative.

Unless they're thinking that they don't want a sick bird shelter there (ill-eagles?)

What I want to know is what they have against sick eagles and how that is hateful?

EDIT: I can see that it has already been done to death. :)
 
It is not a Hate Crime... the very notion of Hate Crime is also a stupid concept. Most crime is about Hate.
 
It is not a Hate Crime... the very notion of Hate Crime is also a stupid concept. Most crime is about Hate.

I wouldn't really agree with this because I believe a lot of crime is either about a) needs and/or wants or b) apathy, simply not caring about others, which would be different than hating those other people. I also think there is plenty of crime out there about other emotions such as love and revenge that wouldn't necessarily be hateful at all.

Now, I do think that hate crime laws should be very limited and really only be there to ensure that when people are singled out for really violent crimes based on hate against some characteristic/trait they happen to represent/have (race, sex, sexuality, religion, etc.), that this is taken into account when it comes to punishment because such motivation on the perpetrator represents a bigger danger to society as a whole. But it should be limited to violent crimes, serious crimes and it should absolutely only be used to increase possible punishment. It should also have to be proven to the same level as the crime itself is, beyond a reasonable doubt, that "hate" was truly the motivation for the crime. I don't agree with automatically investigating crimes as hate crimes. They should simply be investigated as crimes.
 
Vandalism is bad, and it should be dealt with as vandalism

Suggesting this is a hate crime however is ludicrous but makes sense for the horrendous state to my north.
 
I wouldn't really agree with this because I believe a lot of crime is either about a) needs and/or wants or b) apathy, simply not caring about others, which would be different than hating those other people. I also think there is plenty of crime out there about other emotions such as love and revenge that wouldn't necessarily be hateful at all.

Now, I do think that hate crime laws should be very limited and really only be there to ensure that when people are singled out for really violent crimes based on hate against some characteristic/trait they happen to represent/have (race, sex, sexuality, religion, etc.), that this is taken into account when it comes to punishment because such motivation on the perpetrator represents a bigger danger to society as a whole. But it should be limited to violent crimes, serious crimes and it should absolutely only be used to increase possible punishment. It should also have to be proven to the same level as the crime itself is, beyond a reasonable doubt, that "hate" was truly the motivation for the crime. I don't agree with automatically investigating crimes as hate crimes. They should simply be investigated as crimes.

First paragraph? Great point. I agree... thank you.

Second paragraph? Agreed but I think that they should change the term to "race crime" or "gender orientation crime" because I still don't think "hate crime" is accurate nor is it fair to a person that was murdered in a gang attack or by an angry relative, if you see what I am saying.
 
The crime here, is the attack upon the Constitution.
 
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This must be a false flag attack. Bunch of Liberals making a crack on Democrats. Yep, that's the only explanation.

Okay, so one idiot did graffiti(Got that out of the way). This idiot, however, would appear to be conservative.

Unless they're thinking that they don't want a sick bird shelter there (ill-eagles?)




I don't see any proof that this was a hate-crime (Who was injured by it?)

But it is obviously illegal graffiti.




If they catch whoever did this they should be sentenced to clean it off of the building.
 
It is not a Hate Crime... the very notion of Hate Crime is also a stupid concept.
Most crime is about Hate.




I don't believe that is correct.

I believe that most crime is about people taking things that don't belong to them.

If a person picks your pocket he doesn't do it because he hates you, he does it because he wants what you have.
 
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“This is definitely a racial, religious, ethnic incident,” McCrory said.

1: McCrory is an idiot.

2: Not wanting illegal aliens here has NOTHING to do with race. I know, I know, pro-illegals think that it does. After all, playing the race card is the only thing that they have as an argument when it comes to illegal aliens. It's false and a lie. Most people that are against illegal aliens have NO problem with those that come here legally. No matter the race.

3: Religion? Seriously? Since when does entering a country illegally have ANYTHING to do with religion? What a douche.

4: Ethnicity, well...just look to #2 and replace "race" with "ethnicity".
 
I don't believe that is correct.

I believe that most crime is about people taking things that don't belong to them.

If a person picks your pocket he doesn't do it because he hates you, he does it because he wants what you have.

I am referring to comparable crime that is not listed as "Hate".
 
I am reminded of the young disturbed girl in Pittsburgh that during the 2008 campaign carved some anti Obama statement in her own face and tried to say it was angry liberals that did it....Upon investigation she was revealed to have registered to vote Republican....

Now instantly in this thread, the OP states that it must be a conservative because of the mis spelled "illeagle democrats" graffiti....Double standard in assumption going on here? You decide. But, one thing is for sure, it is not in any way a "Hate Crime"....
 
1: McCrory is an idiot.

2: Not wanting illegal aliens here has NOTHING to do with race. I know, I know, pro-illegals think that it does. After all, playing the race card is the only thing that they have as an argument when it comes to illegal aliens. It's false and a lie. Most people that are against illegal aliens have NO problem with those that come here legally. No matter the race.

3: Religion? Seriously? Since when does entering a country illegally have ANYTHING to do with religion? What a douche.

4: Ethnicity, well...just look to #2 and replace "race" with "ethnicity".
it might not be about race to YOU, but to think there isn't a racial component to any of the protesting is just naive.
 
it might not be about race to YOU, but to think there isn't a racial component to any of the protesting is just naive.

The only racial component is for liberals that must make everything about race as a way to stifle debate...
 
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