• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    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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      10 months ago

      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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      10 months ago

      Shouldn’t the “and” be in the first statement as well to link them all together?

      Any person who is of Hispanic *and

      member of a gang *and

      Convicted of yada yada yada.

      The way it is written doesn’t link the first two together. It’s its own statement of law.

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        10 months ago

        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”.