"Emos" now protected by "hate crime" laws

[El Kabong]

.....fucking British drama queens. I think the classification of something as a "hate crime" is dumb to begin with but protecting emos?!?! Seriously what the fuck has happened England?

[Violent Demise]

.....fucking British drama queens. I think the classification of something as a "hate crime" is dumb to begin with but protecting emos?!?! Seriously what the fuck has happened England?

What you expect from a place that loves putting fags in there mouth?

[greynotsoold]

I am familiar with 'emus.' What is an 'emo'?

[El Kabong]

I am familiar with 'emus.' What is an 'emo'?

Goths, the chronically depressed art and drama students

[Saddo]

WTF when did this happen?.... I used to love going out and stoning them once a week

This guy would have sorted this crap out toot sweet ...

[Violent Demise]

I am familiar with 'emus.' What is an 'emo'?

Goths, the chronically depressed art and drama students

So pretty much the type that deserve to get beat down

[superheavyrhun]

Pfft, they'll be banning the widespread despising of conservatives and right wingers next!

[Memphis]

Lyle Im pretty sure Emo's dont get any extra protection, well other than caked on makeup cushioning the blows.

[El Kabong]

Lyle Im pretty sure Emo's dont get any extra protection, well other than caked on makeup cushioning the blows.

Oh sorry the people who target them get punished more harshly

[Andre]

I am familiar with 'emus.' What is an 'emo'?

Goths, the chronically depressed art and drama students

Its different in Australia.

I know they dress all in black and are sad fuckers, but I would put Goths in a separate category than Emos.

Goths pierce, emos cut themselves.

Out here anyway Goths stand on their own, its quite a culture they have going, some make a fortune and they are not sad bastards they love life.

[Dark Lord Al]

Is an Emo the small furry things from return of the Jedi ?

[Howlin Mad Missy]

no, in Manchester they now categorising such abuse as a hate crime, same for anyone singled out for being part of a cultural sub-group.

Manchester police to record attacks on goths, emos and punks as hate crimes | UK news | The Guardian

First emo hate crime arrests in Manchester | UK news | The Guardian

And it stems from this:
The police made the decision in consultation with the Sophie Lancaster Foundation, a charity named after a 20-year-old goth who died in 2007 after she and her boyfriend were attacked as they walked home through Stubbeylee Park, Bacup. Lancaster suffered severe head injuries and never regained consciousness.
Her killers were sentenced in 2008, and the judge recognised her death as a hate crime because they were targeted for being goths.

[El Kabong]

Being goth or emo is not like race, you can choose to dress and act like an asshole you can't pick your race

[superheavyrhun]

Being goth or emo is not like race, you can choose to dress and act like an asshole you can't pick your race

Just to clarify, are you saying that all goths and emos dress and act like assholes?

If I was picking my race it would be the fifty metre beer necking sprint.

[El Kabong]

Yes they dress and act like assholes. Also where's the line? When does someone start being goth or emo as opposed to just some person who is wearing black?