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Originally Posted by KTrain
Hate crimes against disabled people happen all the time. They may not be classified as hate crimes though. Stories about the crimes usually include something along the lines of "have been taken advantage of".
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They say "have been taken advantage of" because it's usually accurate. People don't commit crimes against disabled people because they hate them, they do it because they're easy targets, who can't always fight back. It's equivalent to a hate crime in terms of how cowardly and disgusting it is, but it isn't the same.
And just as an aside, I think that the terms "######" and "mentally ######ed" are almost entirely different. The former has always seemed pejorative, and I don't use it. The latter seems descriptive, and I see no problem using it instead of "mentally challenged," which really describes nothing. Who challenged this person's mind, and why...?