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King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss is shot dead in Texas during an argument
(www.the-independent.com)
this post was submitted on 02 Jun 2025
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That's a weird spelling of "hate-crime".
It's not a hate crime if he's just beefing with his neighbor.
If his neighbor shot him just for being native and no other reason then it would be a hate crime.
Having said that his neighbor really hated him.
He was openly gay. His home had been burned down. His pet had been killed and put on display. Pretty easy to hop over to hate crime with that info.
They did that to him?!
Did you even read the story?
If the house did not have power, do you think the neighbors would notice that their house was never lit up at night?
If you think they noticed, how difficult would it be for someone to go in, turn on the propane and leave?
He didn't say he was the one who did it. He said it basically doesn't matter because his dogs were dead, and that's really what he cared about.
You are calling people out about assumptions, and saying Joss was "acting erratically" and I would like to point out that you don't know that his "erratic" behaviour wasn't in response to anything, nor who may have incited him to act that way.
Just because he didn't point the finger at someone for one crime or another, doesn't mean he did it either. He may have been covering for someone to either save face or avoid escalation.
I'm not saying I know either, and that's my point. You see some reports and news stories and you've drawn conclusions and made assumptions based on that without really knowing if any of the assumptions you made are correct.
The only person who really knew is dead now, at the hands of someone who clearly had issues getting along with him.
This argument is stupid. They might not know but neither do you.