“We just have all these atrocities.”No matter how much #LoveIsLove we express in their aftermath, hate continues to flourish and shape-shift. As he proved this week in some of his responses to the Orlando shooting, Trump has no dimmer switch when it comes to hate. And how difficult it obviously is — in 2016, in spite of so much awareness of bigotry and hate speech — to stand up against hate. The former all but requires the latter.”There was also religious bigotry, nihilism, racism and digital hate in the jihadist websites the shooter accessed. Despite the laudable #LoveIsLove mantra, it’s notable to count how many different kinds of hate were involved in this massacre and its aftermath: homophobia, of course, but also self-hatred.

Source: thestar June 15, 2016 15:00 UTC