It's the standard response from the totalitarian mindset. Dems love shrieking HATE! to try and stifle discussion when they've lost the debate. So do ChiComs, apparently.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi also visited the Dalai Lama last week
I tend to think the Dalai Lama are to Tibetans and a better life in Tibet as a part of China as Black preachers are to Black America and a better local life in the greater America. It's no wonder the Democratic elite love the Dalai Lama.
And when asked why do I think this way I gave comment 22. The rest is being drawn into an argument that is pointless because all sides live far below the quality of life in the West.
What is really a hoot is that he claims to be a Black American, born in New Orleans, living in Spain and disdains the culture of victimhood (my description since his is a paragraph long) but turns around and throws down the victim card naming several leftist victim groups with Osama bin Laden and Mallomar GadDaffy Duck thrown in for good measure.