Americans prefer to think well of themselves and their nation and
treat any information contradicting that belief as an inconvenience to
be avoided at all costs. There were hate crimes before Donald Trump ran
for president and most of them weren’t carried out by individuals. Most
of them are still sanctioned by the state.
The crazed Trump lover may have tried to send bombs to Obama and
Clinton but they sent bombs to Libya and destroyed a nation that still
suffers from their terrorist acts. They are quite literally guilty of
committing hate crimes, along with other NATO leaders and their
predecessors in high places. The fact that they know how to express
diplomatic niceties is no reason to see them as being on our side as we
fight to defeat fascism at home and around the world.
Their enablers cannot be given a pass either. When we fight to make
war and peace a political issue we are derided as purists and spoilers
who ought to be quiet and allow imperialism to take place without
hindrance. The people who join in the chorus of denunciation should not
be allowed to wring their hands when dead bodies appear within our
borders too.
-- Margaret Kimberley, "American Terror Is Not New" (BLACK AGENDA REPORT).