A Week Of American Hate: Bombs Mailed, Black People Executed, Jews Slaughtered

[marmar]

(HuffPost) A man executed two black people at a grocery store, but didn’t engage a white man outside because “whites don’t shoot whites.” A Donald Trump supporter and apparent anti-Semite who looked up to white supremacists sent bombs in the mail to the president’s opposition. An avowed anti-Semite walked into a synagogue and killed 11 people after screaming, “All Jews must die!”

This was one week in American hate.

Some of the bloodiest and most excruciatingly tense news stories in recent memory felt painfully similar to one another, unified under the same banner of racism, violent rhetoric and anger. The only difference between this week and the last is that a few of the angry, hateful people under that banner decided to go out and act on their hate.

On Monday, packages containing apparent pipe bombs began to arrive at the doorsteps and offices of high-profile Democrats, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and former CIA Director John Brennan.

The first showed up at a home owned by George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist who has been the right’s favorite punching bag, conspiracy catchall and boogeyman for decades. Five days passed, and more packages arrived. The news media pointed out that all of the victims were Trump’s public enemies, and that he’d prodded his followers to commit violence against some of them in the past. Conservatives ― including the president himself ― implied or outright stated that the bombs were a so-called false-flag operation committed by the Democrats.

That, of course, turned out to be untrue. On Friday, police arrested Cesar Sayoc, 56, who was revealed to be a staunch Trump supporter and wild conspiracy theorist. His sticker-covered van suggests he committed his alleged crimes in the president’s name; some of the stickers on his van featured targets on the faces of his victims, while others were loving homages to Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. Trump, meanwhile, would go back to making fun of Soros by Friday night. .......(more)

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5bd4cd3be4b055bc948c9805

[Iliyah]

1. And shithole is talking . . . .

it seems like it will get worse. VOTE.

[lunasun]

2. Don't forget that man who executed the two black seniors was on his way to a church to kill

more black people a few minutes before that , but the doors were locked
https://ktla.com/2018/10/26/suspect-tried-to-enter-predominantly-black-church-before-fatal-shooting-at-kentucky-grocery-store/

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. MAGA murder week

Thankfully the MAGAbomber was less competent than the other MAGA murderers.

These are TrumPutin's storm troopers and brownshirts.

[Honeycombe8]

9. Good alliteration. MAGA Murder Week. MAGA Mayhem. nt

[Chickensoup]

4. That is what happens when we chose the wrong leader!

[moondust]

5. Tourism down. Again.

Aug 7, 2018
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Here are the rankings in terms of percentage changes of various countries’ share of international tourism in 2017, according to the U.S. Travel Association:

Spain +32.7%
Australia +22%
Canada +21.2%
Saudi Arabia +20.3%
United Kingdom +17.9%
United Arab Emirates 16.5%
Thailand +13.9%
China +9.3%
Germany +8%
France +4%
Italy +2.2%
US -6%
Turkey -6.7%

Even after a drop in foreign tourism in Trump’s first year in office of 12.9 percent, the U.S. Travel Association has projected a further drop in 2018, from a 12 percent share of worldwide tourism in 2017, to 11.7 percent this year, affecting both the tourism industry and the overall economy.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/lealane/2018/08/07/share-of-u-s-international-travel-drops-sharply-the-trump-slump/

I, too, would think twice about coming here if I didn't have to.

[bdamomma]

7. tRump

is doing this, with all his fucking hate and division.

Not good at all. We have become an isolated country.

I would like to know what ex-pats think about this???? And to those ex pats out there PLEASE VOTE.

[moondust]

8. I'm sure many ex-pats

are former "Canadians" now.

But seriously, I would guess the number of ex-pats supportive of Drumpf and his isolationism and hate is miniscule, perhaps nonexistent. Foreign travel and exposure to other cultures tends to foster open-mindedness and tolerance.

[dalton99a]

6. .

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. billboard material

[kskiska]

11. Next come the copycats.