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You are correct, but I’d like to revise, just slightly.

The anger was there. The hate was there already. These people (and there are a lot more of them than you would be comfortable with if you are a humanist and you like to believe most people are good and wouldn’t hurt others except in self defense) were already lead down the long path into the dark forest of hate, being fed, not political realities, but lies that their very existence was threatened, that they and others with them, were being attacked with ill intent by people of a certain party or political persuasion.

The constant drumbeat of hate from the likes of CNN isn’t just a whistle. It’s not just a call to arms. It’s the culmination of a long process. A progressive (pun intended) increase in hate. They are being fomented, story after story, into the belief that the hate is okay. It’s justified. There are others like you. This war. They aren’t just being green-lighted. It’s not a singular transition. It’s a process.

What is more, those groups that are being secretly funded are given a very specific purpose. They are there to troll people into violence. They were there during the Trump rallies. It was amazing how rarely it ever even worked. But I don’t believe it for a second that it’s a conspiracy theory that if anyone at a Trump rally had been trolled into violence, CNN and other media sources would have been fed video and still directly, and a pre-designed process.

Here is the problem they have. Most everyday americans are generally go-to-work, freedom loving, not-to-obnixously patriotic, family-oriented folk. They don’t live in hate. They don’t understand it. They get mad at their neighbors and they mend fences. This is the majority of the populace. People who can’t stomach social unrest and resorting to violence. People whose real struggle is to make sure the bills get paid and they get a little extra for their children. How can you make these people into the bad guys? You have to cultivate a fantasy. You need the media. You NEED to squelch dissenting perspectives. You need to suppress the truth.

I don’t think it’s working. I think the fringe is still small. I think there are groups that are chronically angry, but I think even they know when they are being led on a leash, even if not always consciously.