Merchants of Hate

One of the saddest parts of contemporary American society is a group that can only be called merchants of hate. I speak of the professional race-baiters and their fellow travelers in the media and politics. A black teen is shot in Florida by a Hispanic male and the spigot of hate is opened. The story becomes white hatred of blacks, no matter what the truth may be. The teen is killed and no one knows what happened, but MSNBC and CNN manage to find people to blame Republican candidates for the event. Democrats in Congress try to use the episode to raise money and to foist blame on the GOP even though the shooter was a Democrat. Why be bothered by the facts? The New Black Panther party announces a bounty for the death of the shooter and none of these pols or the crazies in the media even bother to speak out against it. Irresponsible media folks publish an address for the shooter which is wrong and which places the homeowner there in danger, but no one speaks out against this. Louis Farrakhan calls for retribution, but again, no one speaks out against him. Even president Obama gets into the act. Obama is the head of the government that is actively investigating the shooting, a possible criminal act. Rather than keeping quiet until the investigation is completed so as to protect the rights of all involved, Obama is out there chatting it up. By doing so, he adds to the hysteria.

I cannot say what happened that night in Florida. None of the folks who are busy calling for this result or that know what happened either. Instead, they are too busy stirring up hatred to actually allow the investigation to be completed. They all need to shut up.