Fear and hate

In November 2015, a 'Black Lives Matter' protester was kicked and punched by Donald Trump supporters at a Trump rally in Birmingham, Alabama, as Trump yelled, "Get him the hell out of here!" Trump later defended his supporters, telling Fox News, "Maybe he [the protester] should have been roughed up, because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing."

George Wallace's daughter, Peggy Wallace Kennedy, compared her father to Donald Trump, saying, "There is a great deal of similarities as it relates to their style and political strategies. The two of them, they have adopted the notion that fear and hate are the two greatest motivators of voters."

The struggle in the US over the last decades has been one between fear and hope, between hate and justice. Donald Trump took on the mantle of hate, grievance and anger.

Ted Rudow III, MA
Palo Alto, CA, USA