George Soros Launches ‘Hate Incident Database’

George Soros recently wrote an op-ed for the New York Times, in which he argues that President Trump is fostering a toxic environment of hate and intolerance. He claims the wall and travel orders are “whipping up emotions against immigrants” and “have translated into an alarming surge in hate incidents all across our nation.”

Therefore, he’s launching a super fun database, where people can report hate crimes.

The president’s approach to immigrants does nothing to make America safer and has created a surge in hate crimes. https://t.co/3X9QwzB1QK

— George Soros (@georgesoros) March 16, 2017

George Soros: Why I am creating a database to track hate crimes. https://t.co/1kVe3TdJkE pic.twitter.com/cDswc03LON

— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) March 16, 2017

As hate incidents surged after the election last fall, I announced a $10 million investment to provide legal and social services to victims of hate crimes, to encourage local organizations across the country to do the same and to propose improvements and new ideas. This week we opened our Hate Incident Database to monitor the scope and depth of hate incidents across the country.

It’s described as a “national initiative to collect data and respond to incidents of violence, threats, and property damage motivated by hate around the United States.” In other words, it’s exactly what it sounds like. Witness a hate crime? Committed one against yourself and want to make it look like a Trump supporter did it? Just hit up the database and report away.

The initiative leverages a reporting database that aggregates reports from both victims and witnesses of hate incidents, as well as offers legal and social services to support people in need. Communities Against Hate aims to aggregate data on hate incidents, providing legal and social support, raising awareness, and educating the public on the prevalence of hate.

Some of the organizations behind the initiative?

The initiative is led by The Leadership Conference Education Fund, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and partner organizations representing diverse communities that reflect the fabric of America, including: Center for Community Change; Color of Change; Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network (GSA Network); Hollaback Inc.; Muslim Advocates; National Council of La Raza; National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC); New York City Anti-Violence Project; and the Transgender Law Center. The Southern Poverty Law Center is serving as a strategic adviser to the initiative.

Nice, right? The website itself features a giant U.S. map where you can scroll through each state and see the number of “incidents.” As far as I can tell, it looks pretty easy to report a “hate incident,” which basically means this entire thing is crap. If anyone can go on and report “incidents,” what good is that? Will they verify these claims? It doesn’t appear so. The website states:

Stories shared here, with your permission, will be part of a public database of hate incidents. None of your personal information will be made public, only information about when, where and what type of incident occurred. However, you may also choose to to share your experience anonymously.

 

Aggregated data will provide a better understanding of hate incidents and violence. The information may also be used in support of public education and advocacy focused on increasing protections and rights for various communities.

 

Information that is submitted, including information that is not made public, will be stored and used by the Communities Against Hate project and its participating organizations.

This is the best suggestion I’ve seen yet.

@Realwillbutler2 @georgesoros if you had an edit button, you could change US with world.

— ★§€@π★ (@pointZR0) March 16, 2017

Make a WORLD map Soros. I’d love to see that.

Anyway, I’m sure this gay activist, this student, this lesbian couple, this Muslim women and all of those other people who reported fake hate crimes are logging in their fake stories. The world needs to KNOW.

h/t Twitchy