Seriously: in what sane world does being hated become reason for hate? One could as easily say–as many have throughout history–that Jews should be hated because everyone hates them.
I continue to be astonished by the emotional and intellectual superficiality on display everywhere. I continue to wonder when and if the media and those who constitute and run it will awaken from their spell. Yes, I get that the people at the top are completely cynical and believe in nothing but power, and power alliances, and Trump does not get them those things. But the rank and file: how fucking stupid, for how long, can you be?
As far as this latest tragedy–oh, I hate to read the news sometimes–we will see what explanation we get, but the story seems to be two pissed off local hispanics–the term used by a woman who spoke with them, even if the term the media has latched onto was “Asian” for the woman, which in NewSpeak usually means Muslim–attacking a country music concert attended largely by white rednecks.
Can we not suppose anti-Trump hatred–for which he bears no responsibility–is in play? Can we not, in fact, blame the media for relentless, white-hot Agitation Propaganda?
This is simply a guess, and particularly if I am right, we may never know it, but I think it is close to the mark. You cannot run the equivalent of a Nazi campaign of structural anti-Semitism and not expect less-hinged people to take it literally and start killing people.
The hate needs to stop. It won’t–the Left is far too emotionally gone for self reflection–but in a sane world it would. I don’t know what the solution is. In my small world, in my small way, I continue to work for local antidotes, and am making progress.