Hate Speech on the World Stage

With the world watching America amidst a pandemic and nationwide protests for racial justice, Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric is deepening tensions.

Donald Trump has used coded language throughout his life. Most Americans became aware of his hateful flatulent word salads once Barack Obama was elected. Others have heard it and witnessed his racism for most of his adult life. After declaring his run for the presidency, his speech has only gotten more inflammatory with each passing day.
Now it’s just balls-out racism.

He began his journey to the White House by declaring Mexicans (used to describe Latinos from South of the Mexican border) rapists and murderers. He’s used every dog-whistle to refer to prominent Black voices. He’s employed nearly every form of divisive propaganda about every minority in America at one point or another. He’s still doing it.

Muslim, Jewish, Black, Latino, Asian, it doesn’t matter. Unless we bow to white supremacy, we will forever be the enemy to him and his supporters. His unfettered hate along with the cheers from the small crowd in Tulsa reiterated what we’re up against. Like Trump, his supporters’ language has only gotten more vile. More hateful. It’s vitriol on a level not seen in decades.

That’s because hate speech is amplified exponentially using the power of the internet and the orange mouth-breather on the world stage.

The far-right echo chamber is vast. Once Trump tweets or says anything, his supporters will adopt and regurgitate his words. Regardless of what he says or how inflammatory it may be, his supporters will devolve into circular reasoning to justify even his most hateful words. If you think Trump will be easy to beat in November, you’re not paying attention to how prevalent his supporters are online and in the real world. Particularly in rural America.

Anti-lockdown crowds; Disgruntled cops; Angry white supremacists; white gangs terrorizing America; all support Trump. His most ardent followers make up a wide variety of different white-centered groups and their numbers are astounding. Their enthusiasm for him can easily lead him to another victory with a minority vote — defying the will of the majority again.

To think otherwise is childish at best and willfully ignorant at worst.

Given the current racial tensions, support for Donald Trump can only grow and his camp is very aware of that. The plan moving forward is to continue fomenting culture wars and deepening the racial divide across the country. As expected, Trump delivered in that regard leaving his supporters foaming at the mouth. They’re flooding the internet paraphrasing his talking points while right-wing media spins his words to justify and normalize the use of hate speech.

All while we laugh at the turnout.

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