El Paso, Dayton, Red Flags and the true hate

Tragedies this weekend.  The death toll rises in El Paso.

Two shooters, representing both poles of our current divide, too much hate,

I won't recount all of the potentially divisive and "hateful" (I hate that word) things our POTUS has said. I will note that most often he is accused of hate more for his delivery than his content. He is not careful with his words and I think it diminishes his message. But his ideas of protecting our sovereignty and borders are sound and his expectation that those who serve disadvantaged districts should support their constituents and not unlawful entrants to our country makes good sense.

What I would like to do is shine a light on the fact that those screaming about "hatred" have done nothing but stoke the fires they want us to believe they are against.

First, while the only thing the media seem interested in is the "manifesto" of the El Paso killer, there has been little scrutiny or notice of the progressive political leanings of the Dayton killer. Apparently, to progressives, it is okay to hate as long as you hate the right people.

How peaceful are the progressives?

- I have to start with Reza Azlan. Very little commentary is needed on these two tweets (I hate that word, too):

You are “the depraved evil” we need to eradicate. https://t.co/zPJhVS1hkn — Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) August 4, 2019

and

After today there is no longer any room for nuance. The President is a white nationalist terror leader. His supporters – ALL OF THEM – are by definition white nationalist terror supporters. The MAGA hat is a KKK hood. And this evil, racist scourge must be eradicated from society.

— Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) August 4, 2019

 Hmmmmmmmmm - calling for the eradication of a large swath of the popuoation based on his calculation that they are racists. Classy and peaceful.

- What does Bozo O'Rourke think the effect of his words, such as "Jesus Christ, of course he's a racist" might be?  Yea, next to Azlan these are amateurish grade-school taunts.  But I work in the mental health field and I know there are plenty of unwell people out there who hear a phrase Bozo's or Azlan's and consider it a justification, in invitation to do violence. It only gets worse when they add that "and all his supporters are "racists" too."

- This same logic follows from statements from others, for instance AOC, when referring to CBP and ICE officers as "nazis" and lawful holding centers as "Concentration camps".  Has the same MSM called out her for rhetoric that most certainly lead to the recent attempts to shoot up a center by an AntiFA militant? That was not hate speech?

Again - their message is clear: It is okay to hate as long as you hate the right person/people. Some protected classes of people are not to be disrespected.

While it's clear that rhetoric like the above might motivate the militant wing of the progressive movement, such as AntiFA what is not as easily recognized is how hate speech from the left might also motivate action by mentally unhealthy conservatives.

The left has spent generations now, telling us that acting out and criminal behavior within certain segments of our population are a function of having been oppressed and downtrodden.  They have bent over backward to excuse such behavior.  Yet they cannot see how being called a nazi, a white nationalist, a racist and a long list of others when one is none-of-the-above might be the new form of institutional hatred and lead to violent action. When you keep telling the "bad" kid he is bad and will never be any better, sometimes he comes to agree and decides that he will be the "baddest bad kid" he can be.