Top-down hate speech doesn't have to be specific to be criminal (although Trump often singles out people). The leader channels rage & indicates permission, followers carry out atrocities based on their own perceived grievances.
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Trump is certainly culpable for the climate of lethal oppression enveloping the press, regardless of whether specific actions can be attributed to a direct call. They don't have to be, fascism doesn't hinge on absolute causality. Criminal hate speech is on the public record.
7:38 PM - 28 Jun 2018
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