Posted by On Saturday 27th October 2018, Mr. Robert Bowers, a Pittsburgh Pennsylvania resident, walked into a synagogue in his hometown and killed 11 people. Six people were injured. Mr. Bowers was subsequently arrested at the scene.
This is not only a crime against the Jews. It is also a crime of Hatred, and in essence a crime against our humanity. Our belief that people can live together and coexist peacefully, regardless of race, religion, and gender.
It may happen again because of the aggressive doctrine of American white superiority promulgated by President Trump. For example, white Americans deserve the best, and some people have taken away their jobs. These people may be Mexicans emigrating to the USA for a better future, workes in a factory in a foreign country producing goods cheaper than their American competitors are, and so on. All the talk about the “free markets” goes out of the window and doctrine becomes protectionist.
But the story does not end there. If you open the door to the winds of “difference”, there is no way you can stop them. In the everyday world of a white American, the imposition of import tariffs and other measures that implement protectionism are meaningless abstractions. But the Mexican neighbor is concrete and specific enough. And once you get started, if you do not have a Mexican neighbor, you may do with a Jewish one, they are also different, they are both ‘enemies’.
Thus the everyday world of the white American becomes infected by hatred and the desire of ‘revenge’ for all things lost, regardless of what will happen in the future. To balance the books, they will do whatever it takes. There are no limits, no restrictions.
[1] HACKER HIJACKS THOUSANDS OF PRINTERS TO DISSEMINATE NAZI PROPAGANDA. Newsweek.
[2] When SF led nation in anti-immigrant hateWhen SF led nation in anti-immigrant hate. SF Gate.
[3] White supremacist, anti-immigrant posters pop up in Queens (Thinkprogress). Politically Brewed.