Trump's Hate Tweets And Rally Rhetoric Spawn Yet Another Slaughter - In El Paso

All of the white nationalist  mass murderers have taken their cues - and xenophobic  hate memes  - from Trump's hate rhetoric at his rallies.



"Mr. President, stop your racist, hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric.  Your language creates a climate which emboldens violent extremists."  - Sen. Bernie Sanders yesterday.

"The president’s appalling goal, quite simply, is to pit Americans against one another for crass political purposes as well as, it seems, to vent his unabashed personal prejudice.-  Susan Rice, NY Times,  'When The President Is A Bigot The Poison Spreads;

"Clearly. anti-Semitism and white nationalist rhetoric did not start with this president. But...he certainly seems to have created an environment where those kind of views can fester and indeed, thrive. In fact, just three months ago as he was stoking up a crowd in Panama City Beach, Florida this happened....."  John Oliver, 'Last Week Tonight', last night.

Whereupon Oliver switched to a clip of a screaming mob at a Trump Rally in Florida where a woman shouts "Shoot them!" after Trump asks what can be done about immigrants. (See below)

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Even as we learned yesterday the human pustule Trump (I refuse to even dignify him with "president") actually said “hate has no place in our country” - those with IQs over room temperature  knew immediately it was a LIE.  For Trump,  hate has a major place in our country and especially in his 2020 campaign rallies.  Indeed, in yesterday's Denver Post (p. 10A) it was made plain that despite Trump aides trying to get him to focus on the economy for re-election,  we learned "he thrives on division and views unease and discord about cultural and demographic changes  as keys to his re-election. "

Thus, his  efforts to get a "citizenship" question on the 2020 census as well as stoking anti-immigrant hate and rhetoric - such as in Greenville, NC not long ago. See e.g.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/07/29/send-her-back-chants-trump-rally-open-wounds-greenville-nc/1828979001/


Trump,  ever willing to dodge responsibility for his hate-filled rhetoric and memes,   blamed the shootings on "mental illness".  His enablers and defenders in the Reich media - and his own staff -  tried to do likewise.  For example, Mulvaney yesterday citing the POS shooter's words  to deny any  responsibility for Trump, as if the killer's words mean diddly or squat.  Then we beheld the WSJ  editorial writers today (p. A18), insisting the "reflex is to blame one's political opponents".    Nope, the rational response is to lay blame where it belongs:  on leaders who take every opportunity to sow hate against immigrants and other out groups with their inflammatory rhetoric. Thereby creating a "justifiable homicide" zone within weak or aberrant minds to carry out horrific actions.

By the middle of the editorial the WSJ authors did finally see the light (at least in terms of political fallout), writing: "Either Mr. Trump restrains his rhetoric or he will pay a political price."

It was also choice seeing Trump bark that "hate has no place"  when at the same time his aides had been desperately trying to remove his anti-immigrant tweets. Can't have any inculpatory stuff hanging out there in cyberspace to blame the POS....errrr, POTUS.

Meanwhile, Dotard -   obviously with a profound consciousness of guilt-    did his level best to stay out of sight, e.g. 

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-08-04/after-pair-of-mass-shootings-trump-remains-out-of-sight

This even as we learned investigators in El Paso confirmed that the massacre -  at a Walmart superstore on Saturday that left at least 20 people dead  - had been preceded by the suspected gunman publishing an anti-immigration screed on 8chan .  Lets us remind ourselves this website has been among the more fetid cesspools of the internet, encouraging  verbal and actual violence.  It was also the site that spawned the screeds of two other mass murdering degenerates:  the Tree of Life Synagogue slayer Robert Bowers, and the mass-murdering maggot, Brenton Tarrant (who live-streamed his slaughter of 51 innocents in a Christchurch, NZ mosque)   Tarrant was actually praised by the El Paso killer also on 8chan, which prompted its own creator,  Fredrick Brennan (now detached from it) to tweet, "Another 8chan shooting.".  (WSJ, today, 'Killings Put Fringe Website In Spotlight', p. A7)

Fortunately, that site's network provider, Cloudflare, has now pulled its plug, grasping how it's become a nest of vipers . As I said before,  hate speech cannot be free speech.

Only a simpleton or Z-grade moron would fail to make the connection between Trump's assorted anti-immigrant  rhetoric and the spate of mass slaughters (such as the one in El Paso, as well as at the Tree Of Life synagogue last year in the U.S. and the more recent slaughter of 51  Muslims in Christchurch, NZ.)   Thus, right thinking Democrats and other people of conscience have correctly  pointed at Trump’s escalating vocal attacks on migrants at the border and on members of Congress of color, including inflammatory comments and posturing that sparked a crowd at a rally last month to chant “send her back”, i.e.  about Muslim congresswoman Ilhan Omar.   This is why many of us fear for Omar's safety, that some Trumpie kook - having imbibed his hate kool aid- doesn't crawl out of 8chan  or some  other viral crawlspace and attempt to off her.

Of course, the slimey refuse - like El  Paso mass butcher Crusius-   all lie themselves, as when Crusius  tried to deny Trump influenced him. (And Mick Mulvaney tried to use Crusius' words to deny Trump's responsibility).   In Crusius' case, he insisted his anti-immigrant hate stance was there before Trump arrived. But this walking turd also said (in the same screed) that it would be "better to die than be captured alive".  And yet the cowardly cockroach allowed himself to be captured alive, walking up to a motorcycle cop after committing his mass slaughter and  casually asking to be cuffed.  So who are you going to believe, Crusius or your lying eyes? 

We also know the toxic change in the country since Trump's arrival has been documented and verified by the SPLC .  The organization (to which I belong) has found the number of U.S. hate groups hit a record high last year at 1.020.  Most appalling, the number has jumped 30 percent since 2014, and followed three consecutive years of decline following President Obama's time in office.  The center also noted: "The rise in the hate movement coincides with President Trump's campaign and presidency."

I know the average American has the attention span of a gnat, and even less memory of recent political events, far less historical or violent ones. But it shouldn't be too much of a stretch or mental demand  to recall the incendiary words of the Swine-in-chief  have often spilled out in tweets just before major massacres.  Such as at the Tree Of Life Synagogue near Pittsburgh, which massacre  was carried out by Robert Bowers - also admittedly hyped up on Trump's hate.. 

Is Trump partly responsible for triggering these murderous misfits like Bowers and Crusius? Is the Sun a star?  Does a bear shit in the woods? Is gravity real? Dotard has regularly called reporters "enemies of the people" and encouraged his zombies to "knock the crap out of protesters". A good summary of Trump's rhetoric, in speeches and ties to Neo-Nazis, appeals to White Nationalists can be found here.

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2018/2017-year-hate-and-extremism


Oh, and let's not forget how - at a recent rally in Panama City, Beach FL  when Trump rhetorically asked how one could deal with the influx of immigrants, and a Trumpie loon shouted: "Shoot them!" Whereupon our illustrious Turd-in chief laughed. e.g.

Trump turns shooting migrants into a punchline at Florida rally - Vox

https://www.vox.com/2019/5/9/.../trump-panama-city-beach-rally-shooting-migrants

As noted at the PBS website concerning the same rally:

 At the rally in Panama City Beach, Florida, Trump told the crowd that the government is unable to attack migrants trying to cross the border and asked for help finding a solution.

“Don’t forget, we don’t let [border security agents]and we can’t let them use weapons,” Trump said of federal border security officials tasked with apprehending immigrants crossing into the United States from Mexico. “Other countries do, but we can’t. I would never do that. But, how do you stop these people?”

“Shoot them,” a rally attendee shouted.  Trump paused and smiled as the crowd cheered and laughed, then chimed in,  'It's only in the Panhandle you can get away with that ...."

Seriously?

No effort at all to quell the rabid response just as there was none in Greenville, NC when chants erupted to "Send her home!"   We have a criminal  vermin maggot occupying the highest seat of power and egging on his drugged miscreants and deplorables with ever more virulent racist and anti-immigrant tweets.  This is ample reason to ensure this execrable maggot doesn't get another 4 years.  Personally, I don't believe the country could survive it.  Another reason the Dem House ought to be impeaching his sorry orange ass right now- no more making excuses, and dodging constitutional duty.

Fortunately, after some 8 years the FBI is finally doing something substantial about domestic terrorism - which all these mass shootings against Muslims, Jews and immigrants are tied to.  This followed FBI Director Chris Wray's announcement yesterday that a new unit has been set up to deal with these nutso home-grown extremists directly.  But Mr. Wray should know, as well as the rest of us, that until the source of the hate memes is removed, the hate will continue. Even if it burrows deeper underground like a nest of toxic roaches keeping out of sight as they manufacture their poisons- and spawn new copy cat murdering garbage.

'Nuff said.


See also:

8chan Is a Megaphone for Gunmen. ‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says Its Creator

And:

• In aftermath of mass shootings, Donald Trump blames media, suggests immigration-related gun reform
  
  
• The prophetic warning of a racist presidency 
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• Minutes Before El Paso Killing, Hate-Filled Manifesto Appears Online

And:

Donald Trump

"People Can't Believe Trump Doesn't Say 'White Nationalist Terrorism.' There Is Something Going On."

And:

• Beto O'Rourke calls out media for enabling Trump's racism: 'Members of the press, what the f**k?' 

Why Be Amazed That A Racist Administration Would Snub An Accord To Curb Hate Speech?

The recent news that the Trump Racist and Criminal White House - a nest of vipers if ever there was one - snubbed the Christchurch Call, should not shock anyone. The "Christchurch Call", for those unaware, was an accord signed by nine nations Wednesday in response to the murderous attack on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand that left 51 dead.

One would have thought all civilized nations with interests in curbing extremist vitriol online would have signed on the 3-page agreement sponsored by New Zealand Premier Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron.

But not Trump and the U.S.   The Trump White House stated that "while it agrees with the overarching message" of the initiative, it "isn't currently in a position to join the endorsement".  These are weasel words for asserting it fully intends to protect hate speech, such as emanates from the dregs of the net, like 8chan, 4chan and similar cesspools.

Just put the speech under the banner of "free speech" and anything goes, and besides Trump can then get to applaud his top pals amongst the Nazis and KKK as worthy of respect.

I mean, when you have former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke applauding your spiel it's a no brainer that you're on the freaking WRONG side of history. Worse, you're cheering the Nazis and KKK, White Nationalists on by referring to them as "some very fine people".  This is what Herr Drumpf did back in August of 2017 after the Charlottesville violence with racists beating the holy hell our of protesters, e.g.


As well as thousands of cheering jeering Nazis and Confederates parading proudly, gratified to emerge from the hate woodwork after Trump had ascended to Fuhrer.


Trump's extremist minions march in Charlottesville, VA in Aug. 2017.

So why be surprised the Trump criminal vermin would refuse to sign on to an accord that would seek to curb hate speech, and the sort of verbal vomit that egged on the perpetrators of the slaughter in New Zealand as well as last year in the U.S. e.g. in the Tree of Life massacre.

According to the  corporate media the U.S. stance simply "points to how ideological differences on the role of government and the primacy of free expression complicate efforts to rein in extreme content on social media".    But I have a different take more in line with the signatories: that the U.S. leadership no longer possesses the moral compass to distinguish right from wrong, and hence is unable to differentiate hate speech from free speech. In effect, in the Trumpite Nazis' minds the two are now conflated, and woe betide anyone who tries to bring heat down on the Trump base for their bigoted memes.

Am I being too hard on Trump and his retinue of fascists, bigots and lawbreakers? Judge for yourselves after Trump delivered his "very fine people"  spiel and former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke responded:   "Thank you President Trump for your honesty & courage to tell the truth about #Charlottesville & condemn the leftist terrorists in BLM/Antifa.”

Righto - the "leftist terrorists" who protected elderly African-Americans singing "this little light of mine" from being clubbed to death and maced by white supremacist thugs who also pointed guns at their heads.

Back to the Christchurch accord:  it  takes aim at  online terror, extremist rhetoric, and anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim content. In other words, anything that can trigger terror attacks such as the one in N.Z. where we know the Aussie mass killer had live streamed his murderous acts to appeal to the denizens of 8chan for their approval.

This is not rocket science and as my psychologist niece Shayl put it the M.O. is clear: "Most of the domestic terrorists promote themselves and their propaganda online and use it to basically radicalize others, create copycats and mainstream their memes and ideologies."

At the meeting Wednesday all the main G7 nations agreed the accord needed to be implemented to shut down extremist voices.  The only country that diverged - in the name of "protecting free speech" (actually protecting hate speech)- was the United States.   As one on site media observer noted last night on 'All In':

"Everyone's jaw dropped. It was then clear the president of the United States - who refused to disavow his Nazi and white nationalist supporters- now had made it official to the rest of the world. That is, he is unwilling to fight hate and terror online."

What was the big deal, the big problem in signing? Who knows? The accord simply incorporated signed commitments to act from signatory governments and tech giants such as Facebook, Twitter and Google - owner of Youtube.  The promises include the creation of a crisis plan for sharing information in the event of a terrorist attack.  Also important are the commitments of companies (like Google and Facebook) to prevent the live streaming of any domestic terror butchery or any other displays that might spread violent extremism. 

Sadly, we know other memes the Trumpies may have listened to are similar to what appeared in a TIME essay ('Hate Can't Be Blocked', May 19, p.25).  That essay, by Alex Krasodomski-Jones,  claimed it was "impossible" to totally snuff out hate speech given it would always emerge someplace - maybe in darkness (dark web) - where its propagators could still feed off it.  Maybe.  But at least it would be sequestered from the more open public square where it might infect susceptible minds.  

What was most revolting to me is when the author claimed:

"There's a lot to learn from sites like 8chan, alongside the violent extremism"

He argues this is given "they are among the most innovative and forceful drivers of cultural change and politics online for the last decade."

Yeah, but seriously, one need not go to a landfill to excavate the waste from porto-potties to learn how bad waste and its contamination can be. 

He also inbsists we need to learn (governments, that is), how and why extremist communities thrive in online spaces and "how they can brought back into the fold."  This again, isn't like general relativity.   More education, including in basic ethics, is needed at all levels for a largely amoral populace that thrives on seeing anyone different as "the other" and open to persecution.  In the meantime, we need to control the spread of the incipient mind viruses like we would Measles or Avian flu.  We also know the setting of moral-ethical standards begins at the top, so we need an election (next year) to change this vile current occupation by nationalists and know nothings.  Ethicist and author Marilynne Robinson is correct that we need to re-examine ourselves.  That includes the basis for voting choices. We can't simply base them on reaping better 401k balances.

We also know other nations - like Germany - take such viral mind infection seriously.  Thus, as my German friend Reinhardt noted when I last saw him in Garmisch 6 years ago, one can get years in prison for displaying swastikas or engaging in holocaust denial. 

I am not saying the U.S. need go that far, but it could at least be a signatory to an accord that embodies acceptance of basic human decency, and making an effort to control the dissemination of pathological propaganda and mind viruses online.  Especially given social media platforms are among the most powerful agents for radicalization today.  

 It's either that, or we are faced with ever more domestic terror and mass slaughters.  Meanwhile, the Canadians signing onto the accord were very clear on where they wish to go and are unafraid to over regulate if need be. Better to err on the side of over regulation than have mass slaughter such as in New Zealand and the Tree of Life Synagogue in the U.S.

See also:

Peace & Justice

What Happens When Conspiracy Theories Go Mainstream?

by Ilana Novick | May 17, 2019 - 6:47am | permalink

Excerpt:

"Sometimes, however, theories escape the confines of online message boards and social media and turn dangerous, even fatal. No one laughed when a man named Edgar Welch drove from North Carolina to Washington, D.C., and fired shots at innocent people in a pizzeria because he was a “believer in Pizzagate,” a theory spread by people like right-wing radio show host Alex Jones that Hillary Clinton and her close advisers ran a pedophilia ring out of the pizzeria’s basement. There also was no laughter when James Alex Fields drove his car into a crowd at a 2017 white supremacist gathering in Charlottesville, Va., killing anti-racist protester Heather Heyer.

As journalist Anna Merlan explains in her new book, “Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power,” “While conspiracy theories are as old as the country itself, there is something new at work: people who peddle lies and half-truths have come to prominence, fame, and power as never before,” thanks to the Trump administration’s outward embrace of some of their biggest boosters."

Aussie Reich Fascist Mass Killer Brenton Tarrant Shows Trump's Threats Of Fascist Violence Have Even Infected Down Under

All of the Right wing mass murderers have taken their cues - and xenophobic  hate memes  - from the two ultimate fascists, Trump and Hitler.


Even as we learned yesterday the Connecticut Supreme Court had overturned a previous ruling and the "re-do" enables Sandy Hook families to sue Remington Outdoor Co. for its shameless peddling of toxic male (i.e. "Be a man, get an AR)  adverts, another mass killing erupted in another part of the planet 10,000 miles away.  This took place in Christchurch New Zealand where a self-proclaimed Aussie "actual fascist" (Brenton Tarrant) executed 49 faithful at two Mosques.

The scum right winger actually live streamed his butchery on Facebook, according to news segments shown this a.m. (CBS Early Show, MSNBC) which now places the maggot in the company of the most detestable vermin on Earth, i.e. slime like Anders Breivik,  and the U.S. synagogue butcher, Robert Bowers who was charged with 44 federal counts in the Tree of Life massacre.

Recall that Bowers, a  46 y/o truck driver and Pittsburgh resident was a committed poster on "Gab"  then the  'go to' haven for Nazis, White Nationalists, Aryans and other extremists.  Oh, and plenty of Trump supporters too. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, the local CBS affiliate KDJA reported that a “white male [with] a beardwalked in yelling ‘All Jews must die’.”

Most appalling is how Tarrant,  the Aussie butcher, defiled one of the finest nations on Earth  (and the site for many splendid scenes from 'The Lord of the Rings' series) and traced his feral motivation to the Trumpist anti-immigrant, White Nationalist virus spreading in this country.  As he texted (shown on CBS this morning), after the slime was asked openly if he was a supporter of Trump:

"As a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose, sure!"

Painting himself also as a "savior" in  a “manifesto”  posted online before the attacks ('The Great Replacement') in which he fancied himself  ensuring "the existence of our people and a future for white children."  - Hence, he evokes the nonsense self-portrait of many of the other Reich kooks recently-   such as Christopher Hasson, who had laid away a store of arms , e.g.

To carry out a terrorist purge of retribution in his febrile brain. (Fortunately this cretin was busted in time).  Meanwhile, Tarrant also expressed delusions of grandeur in his lame manifesto, professing his act was intended to "create conflict between two ideologies in the United States on the ownership of firearms."

Well, you're a tad late there, Roscoe.  That battle of ideologies has been ongoing with max intensity since the ban on assault weapons was lifted over 20 years ago.

None of these recent violent mass slaughters just sprang spontaneously but have clearly been percolating as more and more words from Trump and his platoon of White Nationalist crazies have been spewed out.  They've stirred up hate with their vile rhetoric -   often praising neo-Nazis and other filth.  Now we know the virus has even reached to "down under".

In this latest hate outbreak we've learned forty-nine people have been shot dead and 48 injured in attacks targeting Muslims at two mosques during Friday prayers in Christchurch,  This makes it   the worst mass shooting in New Zealand’s history, with more slain in Kiwi land than all of last year.  Prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, described the atrocity as a terrorist attack - which is what it was - and said Friday had been “one of New Zealand’s darkest days”. Police commissioner Mike Bush said explosive devices in a car had been defused and urged all mosques across the country to close their doors for the time being.

 Tarrant, the 28-year-old, Australia born asshole,  actually helped prosecutors when they got hold of his live stream footage on Facebook, showing him driving to a mosque then opening fire. 

Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, called the massacre a “rightwing extremist attack”- which is spot on.  But one wishes he'd have gone further and pointed to Trump as the immediate source of the White nationalist cesspool.

The toxic change since Trump's arrival has also been documented and verified by the SPLC .  The organization (to which I belong) has found the number of U.S. hate groups hit a record high last year at 1.020.  Most appalling, the number has jumped 30 percent since 2014, and followed three consecutive years of decline following President Obama's time in office.  The center also noted: "The rise in hate movement coincides with President Trump's campaign and presidency."

I know the average American has the attention span of a gnat, and even less memory of recent political events, far less historical or violent ones. But it shouldn't be too much of a stretch or mental demand  to recall the incendiary words of the Swine-in-chief  often just before major massacres or displays, such as the Synagogue massacre by Robert Bowers. 

Is Trump partly responsible for triggering these murderous misfits? Is the Sun a star?  Does a bear shit in the woods? Is gravity real? Dotard has regularly called reporters "enemies of the people" and encouraged his zombies to "knock the crap out of protesters". A good summary of Trump's rhetoric, in speeches and ties to Neo-Nazis, appeals to White Nationalists can be found here.

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2018/2017-year-hate-and-extremism

Former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal  put it  best on MSNBC  last month after the Hasson bust::

"All the accounts together show that Trump is engaged in a serial murder of the Constitution and rule of law. He fires anyone investigating him who wants to seek the truth,  whether it's McCabe or whether it's Comey or even Jeffrey Sessions. He puts in place constitutional jokes like Matthew Whitaker.  He tries to discredit and destroy investigations.  He dangles pardons at people who could help him out in any trials. He declares national emergencies without warrant. He discredits judges. All together  this is someone who is unfit to discharge his duties as our chief executive officer."

Oh, and let's not forget his most recent outbursts and threats of violence!   

As exposed by blogger Cody Fenwick (see first link below):

"Speaking with Breitbart News, President Donald Trump delivered a garbled but nevertheless disturbing statement in an article published Thursday that many interpreted as a prediction — or possibly a threat — of political violence. Though the outlet didn’t provide an outright transcript or quote the questions Trump was responding to, it said the following remark came in a discussion about “how the left is fighting hard”:

“You know, the left plays a tougher game, it’s very funny. I actually think that the people on the right are tougher, but they don’t play it tougher. Okay? I can tell you I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump – I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough — until they go to a certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad. But the left plays it cuter and tougher. Like with all the nonsense that they do in Congress … with all this invest[igations]—that’s all they want to do is –you know, they do things that are nasty. Republicans never played this.”

And assorted poor thinkers are unable to process how it is so many crazies, murderous mutts and degenerates are unleashed in his name!

See also:

Donald Trump

‘A Threat of Fascist Violence’: Trump’s Ominous Comments to Breitbart Reveal His Worst Impulses

AND:
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Asked Trump to Do Just This One Thing after the Mosque Attack — and He Completely Failed

And:

David Leonhardt

It Isn’t Complicated: Trump Encourages Violence

Excerpt:

"I’m well aware of the various see-no-evil attempts to excuse this behavior: That’s just how he talks. Don’t take him literally. Other Republicans are keeping him in check. His speeches and tweets don’t really matter. 

But they do matter. The president’s continued encouragement of violence — and of white nationalism — is part of the reason that white-nationalist violence is increasing. Funny how that works."