Considering their report system is a simple online form, and the general increase in social awareness around harassment issues over the past decade (see #metoo and reporting sexual harassment)
Then the spike should’ve been seen before the attacks and would’ve been far more gradual, unless you’re saying Muslims all collectively decided to put off reporting hate crimes until now
Seriously, read the damn article, it’s a hate incident increase of 182%, anyone with a brain will tell you this isn’t the result of gradual collective consciousness
This logic doesn’t make any sense whatsoever
The ADL also reported a similar increase in anti semitic hate incident reporting as well. Do you also doubt there is a rise in anti semitic hate incidents? Or is this something you only apply to Muslims for some reason? While I have my criticisms of the ADL, I don’t see a reason to doubt their reporting in this instance, just like I don’t have a reason to doubt CAIR’s reporting on hate incidents
It’s generally considered common that the people being insulted or threatened get to decide what it is they find insulting or threatening
I wasn’t aware Jews collectively banded together and decided to consider that phrase hate speech. And if you’re going to bring up the ADL, then it’s worth noting Jewish Currents and The Forward, two Jewish news orgs,
published articles stating the nuances of the phrase
Also in general this just isn’t true as a statement. I’m pretty sure most Turks consider calling the Armenian genocide as a genocide is hate speech against Turkey, that doesn’t mean it is