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Yeah, but it's in Akademgorodok when it should be in Mousecow.

Pretty caucasius of you.

I think the mistake there is often on the person asking. Generally speaking, if you ask anyone a question on a topic they have even some familiarity with, they'll answer it. Especially if it's an opinion on something social or political.

Monopolies for modern necessities (the internet and phone) don't have to worry about customer retention.

Hate crimes and hate speech are two different, but related, things, so I understand your confusion. You cannot be prosecuted for hate speech, because that is a government infringement on your liberties. They can prosecute you if the hate speech intentionally incites violence, because that is not protected speech. The hate speech can also inform intent to turn another crime into a hate crime.

It's about a global trend, not just the US. This Buzzfeed piece has a decent breakdown of it, since the originals are largely paywalled. I agree as well, it's way too early to tell what the generation will be like.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanavalko/global-political-divide-gen-z-men-women-reactions

Ironically, the current trend is Gen Z cis men are becoming more conservative, Gen Z women are fairly liberal, and Millenials across the board are generally becoming more liberal as they age.

There's typically reason to suspect the account owner first. They're not trawling through random accounts, law enforcement doesn't have the time or authority to do that. Note that intelligence agencies are not law enforcement, I'm not talking about what some spy agencies might do.

Since this is law enforcement, typically you don't have a verdict to rely on, but they'd have a warrant or subpoena to get the necessary evidence to further the case.

Process is a vital element of the law. If we can't even get our shit together to properly prosecute someone, then they don't get punished for their crime. Frankly, with the sheer amount of unethical behavior by judges, this should happen far more often. You'll very quickly see improvements in the justice when the actual consequences are fucking rapists and murderers go free.

But either way, this is arguably one of the best parts of American law: a way for the system to hold itself accountable. The consequence for this level of due process violation, as we can clearly see, can be severe.

And yes, I get that the guy was convicted, I agree he did it. But he received this sentence and it would be a miscarriage of justice to later give him a harsher sentence just because of a process failure. Also, for what it's worth, prison in America is of limited benefit. It can keep some truly dangerous people away from the general population, but otherwise is a great place for low-mid level criminals to become better and more dangerous criminals. This guy would be out in four years and, most likely, have become better at both violent crime and not getting caught all because of prison.