Hate Crimes And Bigotry Of The Left

It’s time for the duplicity to stop.



November 22, 2016 at 12:44pm


The abject bigotry on public display across our fair land since the election should be alarming to all sentient and cognitively functional Americans. The level of hatred directed not just toward President-elect Donald Trump but against his supporters and even those who merely voted for him has been elevated to little less than an ideological pogrom born of hate and bigotry against those who may be different.

What they obviously fail to realize is that they’re perpetrating something they so vehemently denounce against others who may be a little different — hate crimes.

Those who have taken to the streets to protest the election results, and loot and riot, and assault others, are ironically of the same ideological alignment as those who feigned such disapprobation at Trump’s assertions that the elections were rigged, and that he may or may not accept their results.

Now that the shoe is on the other foot, the results of an apparently clean election are being protested by these leftists, throwing what amounts to be prepubescent tantrums over the results. It’s probably safe to say that these poor souls have had their “safe spaces” violated. And thanks to the backing of George Soros’ MoveOn.org, the protests are well funded and orchestrated.

Perhaps the best way to understand the hate crimes being perpetrated is to revisit the antipathy that begets them. For the emotions and biases behind hate crimes born of bigotry are no different than those born of racism. And by “racism” I mean what it really is, not based on what so many social justice whiners truculently allege or assume is “racism.”

Racism is, by definition, “prejudice, discrimination or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior.” Bigotry is “intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself.”

As one sociologist has explained, “The main difference between a racist and a bigot is the fact that racism discriminates on the basis of race, whereas a bigot discriminates on the basis of his personal opinion, which can include race, gender, religion or beliefs produced by their own personal life experiences. Hence, it can be said that racism is a particular subset of bigotry.”

Deductively, then, a racist is no different from a bigot, discriminating and attacking someone because he or she is “different.”

Regrettably, most bigots don’t even know that’s what they are. They are so preoccupied with their prejudices that they begin to treat other people with hatred, contempt, intolerance, fear or distrust. This intolerance and persecution can be based on a person’s political views, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status or other characteristics. Today, it obviously is deemed to be chic or en vogue to be a bigot, as long as it’s directed toward a “Trumpster.”

“Hate crimes” are bias-motivated or prejudice-motivated crimes occurring when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership (or perceived membership) in a certain social group. In leftist circles, they are incorrectly assumed to be only perpetrated by sexists, homophobes, Islamophobes or misogynists, whom they presume to be “right-wingers.” In reality, they are perpetrated by bigots with immense antipathy and a dearth of tolerance toward any group, and among those who claim to be so “tolerant,” the most common target today happens to be Trump voters.

No hate crime is condonable. Violence against people who act or look differently is an affront to our humanity. And no less so for those who believe differently, whether based on their religion or their politics. Bigotry is both the stimulus and the unwarranted justification for a hate crime, and regardless of the target, it is absolutely abhorrent.

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