V. Saxena reports liberals desperately want to paint the Orlando massacre as a hate crime so as to deflect blame away from radical Islamic terrorism; but this line of thinking is patently false.

Writing for the First Things religious journal, editor R. R. Reno accurately pointed out that this talk of hate “directs our attention to strong emotions and abnormal mental states,” when the fact remains that the massacre committed by Omar Mateen was driven by political ideology.

Specifically, it was motivated by the radical belief “that humanity is better off if an Islamic form of government, rather than the United States, dominates the world.”

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Terrorism Is Not Hate | R. R. Reno | First Things https://t.co/KhKzTXwPIx — JohnCornyn (@JohnCornyn) June 16, 2016

Adding to what Reno wrote, National Review contributor Ian Tuttle noted, “Terrorism is a political act — from Ted Kaczynski to Timothy McVeigh to Mohamed Atta, an act of terror is the manifestation of a political judgment.”

Why then, do liberals keep talking of hate rather than Islamic terrorism? Because they want to draw a connection between acts of barbarity and so-called hateful rhetoric, the premise being that “conservative opposition to same-sex marriage, to various laws pertaining to transgenderism, and the like are examples of hate, and those who support those positions are purveyors of ‘hateful rhetoric'”

Take a read:

Following Reno, we see that invocation of “hate” has become a way of dismissing opponents by suggesting that their beliefs are beyond the reach of reason. You can’t debate someone who hates, because hatred precludes thought; it’s in the bones. If Republicans are motivated by “hate,” then they are not legitimate political actors, because political life cannot be predicated on irrationality. Reason is our common ground.

Just as I wrote for Downtrend earlier this week, the average liberal considers Christians, conservatives, constitutionalists, white men, etc., to be no different than the radical Islamists. In fact, to them, they are worse:

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One Half Of America Blames Orlando Massacre On Radical Islam; The Other Half … Well,… https://t.co/q8WIRbmtVO pic.twitter.com/RfF0CFWf0c — Downtrend.com (@DowntrendCom) June 14, 2016

Concluding his piece for National Review, Tuttle wrote, “The failure to consider the possibility that political opponents might be rational actors is making our national politics significantly nastier, and the failure to consider that terrorists might be, too, is making our nation less secure.”

Agreed, Mr. Tuttle. Agreed!





