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The rhetorical habit of mentioning both groups in the same sentence every day, day after day leads to a conflation. There doesn't have to be intent from the writer, the repeated juxtaposition is enough to trigger some folk toward hatred.

Do you monitor every social platform?

What reason would you say there is to explain the increase in hate crimes?


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I'd like to think that more of these crimes are being reported, which would increase the numbers in those stats.

However, part of me worries that the number of actual attacks is increasing. Just like post 9-11 with Muslims and in the 80's against gay men after decriminalisation, there could be a similar pattern; shine a light on a minority, highlight something "bad" about them and there's your excuse for violence.