>But that would mean that you are already convinced that hate crime is not on the rise. Or if it's not so, then how do we find out?
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What in what I wrote implies that I am convinced that hate crime is not on the rise?

I don't even know what a hate crime is.

If a wife murders her husband, is that a hate crime?

Doesn't seem that she particularly cared for him, does it?

Better start tracking that, I guess.