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Can anyone tell me why

Painting BLM isn't considered vandalism, but it's considered a hate crime for someone to paint over it? I honestly don't understand this. To me it's considered a hate crime to have BLM on a street I have to see everyday. And vandalizing statues seam to be overlooked.

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NIC0LE · F

What kind of statue is it?

LeopoldBloom · M

@NIC0LE Usually these are statues of Confederate traitors who rebelled against the government because they wanted to be able to keep owning other people and working them to death. The statues were erected by the descendants of these traitors to intimidate the descendants of enslaved people who at the time were still not able to enjoy equal rights as citizens.