Gingerism?

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Hate crime: a crime, typically one involving violence, that is motivated by prejudice on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, or other grounds.

So if a crime has been committed and the motivation of the crime was the victim being ginger, then yes, it should be classed as a hate crime.

However if it's just words and intended as a joke tat the extent of the souless, pale, daywalkers then it's just that a joke.

That's not to say the person being joked about can't get offended, just like the person telling the joke has a right not to care who they offend.
 
Gingers aren't too bad, at least you can see them coming
the worst people are those that show more gum than tooth when they smile as they really catch you by surprise
 
From Castiel.

It comes from a medieval belief that Red Hair was associated with witchcraft and could mean that te person was either a vampire or werewolf depending on the region.

The Malleus Maleficarum Gives certain markers and indicators on how to discern witches and demons, red hair was thought to be a sign of immorality and promiscuity....mainly due to the inherit Roman descriptions of the northern Caledonian tribes which has a high incidence of red hair, and the assumption that they were wilder and less civilised than normal men.....

Add to this Egyptian prejudice where they used to sacrifice redhaired men to their Gods in return for good harvests and the further negativity and demonisation spread by Shakespeare and by its association in Western Early medieval crusader culture with Mohammed and Judas.....

In England there was also the association during the Civil War and Cromwellian Puritan Periods with the Scots and Irish and the prejudices and demonisation therein.

All in all, Ginger hair people are pretty much ****** in Western Europe, especially in Spain and along the Mediterrean, not to mention England.

This simply didn't translate in North America, probably due to the large immigration from the Irish
 
Ice Tea said:
Should gingerism be treated as a hate crime like racism?
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Yes.. of course, why should any form of 'hate crime' be allowed in any situation if that's purely based on a characteristic of a persons identity..

Gilette should do their next ad campaign on toxic gingerality ;)
 
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