Once leftists established they can throw people in prison for ideological infractions if these are called “hate crimes,” it was inevitable that the definition of hate crimes would expand. In England, police already regard it as a potential hate crime to suggest people there should speak English:

The actual crime is wanting England to survive the age of moonbattery rather than be permanently obliterated by non-assimilating hordes imported from the Third World.

On a tip from Wiggins.