I don't condone physical retaliation against anyone wearing provocative political wear… but it's also disingenuous to pretend that such garb isn't making a statement, and looking for a response. https://t.co/PcV4RkFMh7
— Dave Hill (@Three_Star_Dave) March 12, 2019
I don’t condone physical retaliation against anyone wearing provocative political wear… but it’s also disingenuous to pretend that such garb isn’t making a statement, and looking for a response. https://t.co/PcV4RkFMh7
Or, put another way …
A MAGA hat is a product sold by Donald Trump. It’s a product worn by Donald Trump. It’s a product in support of — financially and ideologically — the President of the United States and, by extension, his policies.
Some people clearly feel that’s keen. Indeed, I would assume that number includes folk wearing such a hat. But clearly other people (if one looks at disapproval polling numbers, a significant majority of Americans) disagree with that sentiment, sometimes with passion as well.
Indeed, for people who feel that Trump represents an existential threat to themselves or their loved ones, that passion can understandably boil over in the face of what they see as provocation. I don’t see a MAGA hat as “Fighting Words,” but it’s not beyond my imagination that some do.
Still, I can’t condone people acting with violence toward such headwear without any further provocation. But unpleasantness, perhaps verbal confrontation, a measure of social opprobrium, perhaps. Carrying a message into public is asking for a response to that message — and that response may be camaraderie as a fellow-traveler, or something quite different.
(That’s true whether we’re talking a MAGA hat, or a Gay Rights hat, or a Radical Christianist hat, or a “Tax the Wealthy” hat. A hat that makes a statement to people has to be expected to draw a reaction to that statement.)
So maybe an app that lets MAGA hat wearers hang out with people who won’t disagree with them is a good idea. True, it’s largely been conservatives who have condemned the idea of “safe spaces” …
To wrap things up, it’s worthwhile considering what constitutes such a “safe space” according to the app developers?
– Does this business serve persons of every political belief?
There have been times and places where folk wearing leftist regalia were not welcomed to patronize a business — and political stance is not a protected class under the civil rights laws — but, sure.
– Will this business protect its customers if they are attacked for political reasons?
I suppose it depends on what one means by “attack”. Physical assault? That makes sense. Someone who verbally indicates disagreement with a political statement? (“MAGA!” “Eat the Rich!” “Gay people are going to roast in hell!” “Death to Infidels!”) I suppose it depends on whether it disrupts other customers.
– Does this business allow legal concealed carry under this state’s laws?
Huh. That’s an interesting thing to lump under “safe spaces.”
– Does this business avoid politics in its ads and social media postings?
Does that include expressing conservative political sentiment?
In other words, is the intent to come up with a “safe space” for any person, regardless of their politics? Or just for people who wear MAGA hats?
Also, it’s interesting that avoiding politics in ads and social media is being valued here, when you’re looking to literally march around in clothing that is expressing politics.
So, how is that app working out?
“Finally, I am able to avoid places which don’t respect America and [the] US Constitution. Eat your heart out, snowflakes,” wrote one user, who rated the app five stars.
Huh. The irony is almost overwhelming.
Really? Don’t remember anyone beating the crap out of someone wearing an Obama t-shirt or refusing to let them into their private business. Here are some facts. This is an article documenting the number of attacks.
Since September of 2015, there have been 334 reported hate crimes — or if you prefer, bias crimes — against supporters of President Trump.
These reported crimes include physical assaults, vandalism, and the encouraging of violence against individuals and groups based only on their personal beliefs.
Please email jnolte@breitbart.com with any updates or anything you think deserves to be added to this list. Also, if you see errors — duplicate postings or events misinterpreted as bias crimes on Trump supporters, please let us know. Unlike the establishment media, we want this list accurate and fact-based.
March 10, 2019: School Bus Aide Attacks Child, Rips MAGA Hat Off His Head In Rage
March 9, 2019: Two Women assaulted in Austin, TX over Trump hats
February 25, 2019: Woman arrested for assaulting man wearing MAGA hat
February 21, 2019: Trump supporter assaulted at UC-Berkeley campus
February 18, 2019: Man accused of pulling gun on couple wearing Trump hat
November 13, 2018: Man wearing MAGA hat assaulted in downtown Tucson
October 31, 2018: Woman Threatens 11-Year-Old over Trump Halloween Costume
October 29, 2018: Twitter allows 179 death threats against Trump
October 29, 2018: FL: Shots Fired into South Daytona Republican Party Office
October 17, 2018: Professor calls for harassing Trump supporters
October 16, 2018: Left-wing comedian gets physical with Trump supporter at Hooters
October 11, 2018: A truck with ‘Trump 2020’ bumper stickers set on fire.
October 10, 2018: Eric Holder Tells Dem Activists: ‘When They Go Low, We Kick ‘Em’
October 10, 2018: CNN says mobs have “right” to chase Trump supporters out of restaurants
October 9, 2018: Hillary Clinton opposes “civility” with Trump Supporters
October 3, 2018: Ricin and threatening letter sent to Trump
September 25, 2018: CNN Defends harassment of Ted Cruz
September 25, 2018: Ted Cruz and Wife harassed out of DC restaurant
September 11, 2018: DC police investigate threat to commit mass shooting at a MAGA event
September 10, 2018: Hispanic Immigrant says she was spit on in Santa Monica for Trump hat.
September 6, 2018: Black Trump Fan Booted from Bar for Wearing Trump Hat
August 28, 2018: CA student arrested for stealing MAGA hat from classmate, slapping teacher
August 27, 2018: “F” Trump: Flagstaff, AZ, GOP Office Vandalized
August 19, 2018: Dad Dares Daughter To Knock Off Guy’s MAGA Hat For 100 Bucks. She Does It.
August 18, 2018: Trump supporter assaulted by aging punk rocker.
August 14, 2018: CNN’s Chris Cuomo encourages violence against Trump supporters.
August 9, 2018: ‘Frozen’ Actor snatches Trump banner away from audience member
August 4, 2018: Democrat Alison Grimes ‘Jokes’ about Rand Paul beating
August 4, 2018: Trump supporter’s car has all 4 tires slashed in Philly.
August 4, 2018: Antifa follow and harass Candace Owens
August 1, 2018: Woman charged with trying to hit man with her car over Trump sticker
July 26, 2018: Trump supporter punched in Hollywood
July 25, 2018: Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star destroyed … again.
July 20, 2018: “Gender Fluid” Guy Spits All Over Teen’s MAGA Hat
July 19, 2018: CA Anti-Trump Protesters Target Cafe Over Trump Support, Hurl Feces
July 17, 2018: Uber Driver Refuses to Serve Black Conservatives Over MAGA Hat
July 16, 2018: Mob chases pro-Trump group out of Los Angeles bar
July 15, 2018: Social Distortion singer attacks Trump supporter
July 13, 2018: 76-year-old man assaulted by anti-Trump thugs in San Diego.
July 10, 2018: Man threatens to ‘curb stomp’ Trump supporter at Disneyland
July 7, 2018: AntiFa attack peaceful Tommy Robinson supporters in San Francisco
July 6, 2018: CNN analyst justifies violence against Trump supporters
July 6, 2018: Long Island Man Threatened to Kill Trump Supporters
July 6, 2018: Florida man attacked over Trump flag in yard.
July 6, 2018: Woman threatens to stab Alan Dershowitz in heart.
July 5, 2018: Founder of #WalkAway campaign refused service at camera store.
July 5, 2018: Trump supporter wearing Make America Great Again assaulted
July 3, 2018: Left-wing Catholic calls for sending Trump supporters to the guillotine
July 2, 2018: MAGA hat wearer harassed at seafood restaurant
July 1, 2018: Man wearing MAGA hat refused service in restaurant.
June 28, 2018: Co-Chair of Women for Trump Receives Death Threats
June 22, 2018: Left-wing activists vandalize billboard.
June 16, 2018: Trump Supporter Attacked Outside Kathy Griffin Show
May 23, 2018: Tomi Lahren has water thrown at her at Minnesota restaurant
May 14, 2018: Black man in MAGA hat harassed, threatened, called “nigger”
April 23, 2018: Trump supporter shouted out of bar in New York.
April 5, 2018: Orange Park, FL Trump supporter spends two hours in surgery after attack
April 3, 2018: Woman brutally attacked in restaurant over support for Trump.
April 1, 2018: Trump golf course sign vandalized.
March 16, 2018: Capitol police arrest Democrat operative over assault of Trump official
March 15, 2018: Student with ‘Trump’ flag assaulted by mob
March 8, 2018: Female Trump supporter assaulted while staging Oscars boycott in LA
February 27, 2018: Trump supporter threatened with knife.
February 22, 2018: HuffPost Contributor Karen Geier calls for bombing of CPAC
February 21, 2018: CNN publicly harrasses elderly Trump supporter as Russian plant
February 7, 2018: Trump supporters’ home vandalized in Oceanside CA
February 7, 2018: Democrat attested for sending white powder to Donald Trump Jr.
January 29, 2018: Saginaw, MI businessman’s Trump sign vandalized.
January 24, 2018: Portland, OR, Trump supporter punched in head at protest
December 20, 2017: AntiFa terrorists assault Trump supporter outside bookstore
December 9, 2017: Students wearing MAGA hats booted from ‘safe space’ coffee shop
December 3, 2017: Trump supporter’ home and vehicle vandalized for second time.
November 22, 2017: Trump-hater snatches, steals student’s MAGA hat.
November 22, 2017: Man mistaken for Trump supporter attacked
November 20, 2017: University of IL instructor assault Trump supporters
November 13, 2017: Trump supporter assaulted for wearing MAGA hat.
November 12, 2017: Blaire White attacked for wearing MAGA hat
November 3, 2017: ‘Multicultural’ office at Providence College hosts ‘stab a Trumpkin’ display
September 17, 2017: Trump supporter physically assault in Roosevelt High School gym.
September 4, 2017: Georgia Teacher Kicks Out Students Over “Neo-Nazi” MAGA Shirt
August 28, 2017: Car with Trump bumper sticker vandalized in San Francisco.
August 28, 2017: Trump supporter assaulted in Berkeley
August 28, 2017: AntiFa attack peaceful Trump supporters at Berkeley.
August 27, 2017: Vandals deface Trump supporter’s lawn signs.
August 24, 2017: Black Trump supporter spit at for wearing MAGA hat.
August 23, 2017: Black Trump supporter punched multiple times
August 19, 2017: WATCH: Woman Holding American Flag Hit, Dragged in Boston
August 16, 2017: Anti-Trumper ‘shoots Republican neighbor twice in the head’
July 7, 2017: Student threatened for supporting Trump.
July 7, 2017: Man attacked for wearing MAGA hat in New York bar.
July 5, 2017: CNN threatens to expose Trump supporter to online mob
July 3, 2017: Philadelphia Trump supporter jumped by three men after rallies
June 15, 2017: Shots fired at truck flying ‘MAGA’ Flag in Indiana
June 10, 2017: Trump supporter beaten in Seattle.
June 10, 2017: AntiFa hurl urine at woman protesting against Sharia
June 7, 2017: HuffPo: ‘Inherent Value’ in Violence Against Trump Supporters
June 7, 2017: Veterans wife violently beaten for voting for Trump
June 6, 2017: “Trump” is stabbed to death in front of cheering audience in Central Park
May 19, 2017: Man arrested for multiple acts of anti-Trump vandalism.
May 12, 2017: Video: Trump Supporters Assaulted at Minnesota Capitol
May 8, 2017: TN Woman Arrested for Trying to Run GOP Congressman’s Car Off Road
April 23, 2017: AntiFa arrested for assault in DC.
April 19. 2017: MSNBC Analyst Calls for ISIS Bombing of Trump Property
April 15, 2017: AntiFa assault Trump supporter with bike lock.
April 14, 2017: Two arrested for burning Trump sign in Maryland
March 27, 2017: Pro-Trump march organizer pepper-sprayed by protester
March 20, 2017: Violent kids hit Trump supporter in face with skateboard
March 19, 2017: MAGA hat wearer kicked out of bar
March 15, 2017: Student detained after damaging Trump supporter’s flag
March 14, 2017: Young Trump supporters harassed online as Nazis
March 9, 2017: FL man punched in face after over Trump bumper sticker
March 6, 2017: Berkeley man arrested for destroying College Republican sign
March 5, 2017: Leftist rioters crash peaceful pro-Trump rally with tasers
March 4, 2017: Left-wing rioters attack peaceful pro-Trump rally at Berkeley
March 1, 2017: Trump supporter’s car vandalized in Oregon
February 27, 2017: Flier in North Carolina calls on mobs to assault Trump supporters
February 26, 2017: Trump supporter’s house egged three times in New York
February 26, 2017: Female Trump supporter assaulted in Hollywood
February 25, 2017: Ohio man assaulted by anti-Trump mob
February 16, 2017: Kansas City man with AR-15 taunts Trump supporter,
February 15, 2017: Hateful messages found on Trump supporter’s historic Denver home
February 13, 2017: Black Trump supporter’s home vandalized with “KKK’
February 10, 2017: Black Lives Matter threatens to smash woman’s laptop
February 10, 2017: Trump supporter assaulted in Berkeley as police do nothing
February 9, 2017: Man arrested for attacking Trump supporter in California
February 8, 2017: Multiple incidents of anti-Trump graffiti in North Carolina.
February 8, 2017: CSUF instructor suspended for striking pro-Trump student
February 7, 2017: Oceanside, CA Vandals deface home and Trump sign
February 6, 2017: 6th grader wearing Trump hat attacked on school bus, suspended
February 4, 2017: School suspends victim after he is beaten for wearing MAGA hat
February 2, 2017: Trump supporter attacked in street in Berkeley
February 1, 2017 AntiFa assaults Trump supporters at Berkeley.
January 31, 2017: Portland Trump Supporter Beaten Unconscious
January 31, 2017: Pike/Pine New Year’s Eve ‘red baseball cap’ assault reported
January 31, 2017: Video shows Trump supporter knocked unconscious
January 30, 2017: Anti-Trump graffiti spray-painted on Rowan University sign
January 29, 2017: Protesters damage Trump supporter’s vehicle in Eugene, OR
January 29, 2017: WA Trump Supporter House, Vehicle and Camper Vandalized
January 27, 2017: Donald Trump Campaign Sign Set On Fire In Hull, MA
January 26, 2017: Actor Shia LeBeouf arrested for shoving Trump supporter
January 24, 2017: Gold Star family members claim assault at Inauguration
January 24, 2017: Woman harassed, spit on by anti-Trump protesters
January 23, 2017: Golden Trump Graffiti Sprayed Onto Bentley in Queens
January 23, 2017: WATCH woman harass Trump supporter on flight
January 22, 2017: Frank Luntz Recounts Hotel Assault by Trump Inauguration Protester
January 22, 2017: CA Woman Slashes Trump Sign Because it ‘Ruined Her Chill’: Police
January 22, 2017: Trump supporter Scott Baio was roughed up by protesters in DC
January 20, 2017: Trump supporter coat slashed at Inauguration
January 20, 2017: Trump Supporter Suckerpunched at Deploraball
January 20, 2017: Anti-Trump protester lights Trump supporter’s hair on fire.
January 20, 2017: Trump supporter says she feels ‘hurt’ after being spit on, called racist
January 17, 2017: Wilmington, NC, car vandalized with swastika over Trump sticker
January 16, 2017: ‘Project Veritas’ Exposes Groups Planning Violent Disruptions At Inauguration, Chemical Attack at ‘Deploraball’
January 5, 2017: Thugs kidnap, beat, and torture 18-year-old with schizophrenia while shouting “fuck Trump” and “fuck white people.”
January 4, 2017: Santa Rosa, CA: Man Verbally Abused for Wearing Trump T-Shirt
December 23, 2016: Bryn Mawr Trump Supporter Harassed Until She Drops Out
November 22, 2016: Trump supporter victim of third hate crime in Montgomery County
December 22, 2016: Ivanka Trump harassed on JetBlue flight by college professor
December 20, 2016: Foley, AL, deputies investigate rash of anti-Trump vandalism
December 18, 2016: Trump electors face countless death threats
December 15, 2016: Cornell College Republicans president assaulted, called ‘racist bitch’
December 13, 2016: $300,000 car torched over Trump signs
December 8, 2016: Man in Ithaca, NY, kills UPS Driver believing driver was Trump
December 5, 2016: Corvette with Trump sticker trashed in MD
December 5, 2016: Truck painted with anti-Trump slogans, set on fire in Madison, WI
December 1, 2016: Donora, PA: 69-year-old woman assaulted over support for Trump
November 30, 2016: Rockville, MD Trump supporter’s car vandalized with swastika
November 30, 2016: FL: Navy veteran’s home torched, tagged with anti-Trump graffiti
November 26, 2016: Anti-Trump thugs vandalize jeep, American flag
November 21, 2016: Trump supporter refused service at DC bar, assaulted outside
November 20, 2016: Woman sentenced for anti-Trump graffiti
November 18, 2016: Car set on fire in Portland
November 18, 2016: Actor Michael Shannon: Time for Trump voters to die
November 16, 2016: Man gunned down outside bar after joke about voting for Trump
November 16, 2016: MD Student wearing Trump hat punched, kicked to ground
November 16, 2016: Left-wing thugs assault 15-year-old Trump supporter.
November 15, 2016: Lexington, KY man’s car vandalized for Trump sticker
November 15, 2016: Trump supporter’s Mustang set on fire in Santa Maria, CA
November 15, 2016: ‘My Pro-Trump Stickers, Flags Got my Tires Slashed,’ Says NJ Man
November 15, 2016: Boston Man assaulted outside bar
November 14, 2016: Polson, MT GOP headquarters vandalized
November 14, 2016: Portland, OR, man’s car attacked by anti-Trump thugs
November 14, 2016: Anti-Trump Woman Throws Coffee on Trump Supporters
November 14, 2016: Trailer park in FL vandalized with anti-Trump graffiti
November 12, 2016: 2 Men Attack Trump Supporter in Meriden, CT
November 12, 2016: ‘Fuck Trump’ Spray painted 3 times on Phoenix, AZ, home
November 12, 2016: Man in MAGA hat attacked by New York subway rider.
November 11, 2016: Man beaten by mob for voting for Trump
November 11, 2016: FL Student Charged With Battery After Punching Trump Supporter
November 11, 2016: TX, Southwest University Trump supporter’s car vandalized
November 11, 2016: Redwood City, CA: Female High School Student Attacked
November 11, 2016: BLM Activist Arrested for Assaulting 74 Year-Old Trump Supporter
November 11, 2016: Mother emotionally abuses child for “voting” for Trump.
November 10, 2016: Student Trump supporter attacked at Woodside High School
November 10, 2016: Black Trump Supporter Attacked at NYC College
November 10, 2016: CA: 82-year-old Discovers ‘Fuck Trump’, ‘666’ Spray Painted on Car
November 10, 2016: Va. GOP headquarters vandalized amid anti-Trump protests
November 10, 2016: Anti-Trump vandals hit Old Chapel Hill, NC, Cemetery gazebo, path
November 10, 2016: Trump Supporter Beaten in Chicago Street, Recorded on Video
November 10, 2016: Palm Bay, FL, student punches classmate over Trump sign
November 9, 2016: Trump supporter’s dog brutally attacked by anti-Trump thugs
November 9, 2016: TX: Anti-Trump Protester Punches Trump Supporter
November 9, 2016: Anti-Trump vandals target Lansing, MI, building
November 9, 2016: Stafford, TX student says he was attacked for supporting Trump
November 9, 2016: Trump supporters car vandalized in Tuscon, AZ
November 9, 2016: BMW with Trump sticker vandalized in Fort Myers, FL, community
November 9, 2016: 16-year-old Trump supporter BULLIED, CAR VANDALIZED
November 8, 2016: Man Attacks FEMALE TRUMP SUPPORTER at Florida Polling Station
November 8, 2016: NYPD Investigating Tires Slashing On Hasidic Trump Supporters Van
November 8, 2016: Matlacha, FL: Woman’s Trump Sign, Art Gallery Vandalized
November 8, 2016: Cornell College Republicans female president assaulted
November 7, 2016: Trump volunteer assaulted, robbed for wearing MAGA hat
November 6, 2016: 72-year-old Trump Supporter robbed of Trump sign, injured
November 6, 2016: VIDEO: Trump Supporter’s Truck Torched Because of Bumper Sticker
November 6, 2016: MA school spray painted with “Kill Your Local Trump Supporter”
November 6, 2016: Trump Supporter’s Truck Torched Because of Bumper Sticker
November 5, 2016: CA: Black Trump Supporter Is Told “Ni**as Like You Should Be Killed”
November 5, 2016: Rock Island, IL, Republican office vandalized with spray paint
November 4, 2016: Trump Denver, CO, headquarters hit with second act of vandalism
November 4, 2016: Trump’s Denver, CO, Campaign Office Vandalized
November 4, 2016: NC GOP Headquarters Vandalized with Anti-Trump Graffiti
November 3, 2016: Vandals continue to attack Trump headquarters in Ukiah, CA
November 2, 2016: Evanston, IL, man’s Donald Trump sign burned on his front lawn
November 1, 2016: Denver, CO, Arsonist Sets Trump Campaign Sign On Fire
October 31, 2016: ID: 100’s of Pro-Trump Signs Destroyed. Swastikas. Car Keyed.
October 31, 2016: St. Cloud, FL, Trump signs vandalized with racist stickers
October 31, 2016: East Stroudsburg, PA, Church Hit With Anti-Trump Graffiti
October 29, 2016: VA: Leesburg Neighborhood Tagged With Anti-Trump Graffiti
October 28, 2016: Homeless woman guarding Trump’s Walk of Fame star assaulted
October 28, 2016: CA: Truck Vandalized Because Of Pro-Trump Bumper Sticker
October 28, 2016: Trump signs vandalized in Quincy, IL.
October 27, 2016: Platteville, WI, man arrested for torching Trump sign
October 27, 2016: Vandals run over Trump signs, owner flattens their tires with nails
October 26, 2016: University of Pittsburgh Trump Supporters Campaign Table Flipped
October 26, 2016: Gainesville homes with Trump signs vandalized with swastikas
October 26, 2016: Man caught on camera trashing Trump yard sign in Jacksonville, FL
October 25, 2016: Grant, AL, Trump supporter’s Cadillac trashed
October 25, 2016: Battle Creek. MI man says Trump yard signs vandalized
October 25, 2016: Trump supporter attacked at BLM protest over Trump hat
October 24, 2016: Trump sign, vehicle vandalized at Reno gun shop
October 20, 2016: Provo, UT: Trump signs damaged, defaced with vulgar graffiti; vandals damaged front door, two vehicles painting signs and property with profanity along with “#FeelTheBurn” and “AmeriKKKa”.
October 18, 2016: Cape Coral, FL, man arrested for running over Trump sign
October 18, 2016: Trump signs spray painted with swastikas in Cape Coral, FL
October 17, 2016: WI Woman mistakes town meeting for Donald Trump rally and smears 30 cars with peanut butter in protest
October 16, 2016: Left-wing terrorists firebomb GOP headquarters in North Carolina.
October 16, 2016: 17 vehicles vandalized at Trump rally in Bangor, Maine.
October 16, 2016: Campaign of terror launched against Trump supporter in TX.
October 15, 2016: MN, Trump Supporter’s Lawn Salted, Sign Torched
October 15, 2016: Maui, HI, Trump supporter’s home egged by vandals
October 15, 2016: Texarkana AR, Woman’s Trump signs burned in arson attack
October 13, 2016: Gay Couple Backing Trump Receives Threats and Barbs in Ohio
October 13, 2016: Trump Mobile vandalized in Walled Lake, MI
October 12, 2016: Streak of vandalized Trump signs ‘unprecedented’
October 12, 2016: Surveillance Photos Released in Trump Sign Vandalism Investigation
October 10, 2016: IN GOP office windows broken by bricks aimed at Trump signs.
October 3, 2016: Hillary supporters attack Trump-supporting woman
October 3, 2016: Trump billboard defaced with swastikas.
September 28, 2016: IL: Anti-Trump Vandalism Outside Polish Center
September 27, 2016: Trump supporter threatened over MAGA hat”
September 26, 2016: Trump-supporting Minnesota co-ed says she was ‘assaulted’
September 25, 2016: Man urinates on Naples mailbox, steals Trump sign
September 18, 2016: Trump supporter beaten in El Cajon.
August 20, 2016: Trump supporters harassed and spit on in Minneapolis
August 20, 2016: Hillary Supporters Attack Old Woman Trump Supporter Minneapolis
August 20, 2016: Leftist Activists Assault Trump Supporters in Violent ‘Gauntlet
August 19, 2016: Left-wing thugs attack Trump’s motorcade and his supporters.
August 18, 2016: Cancer Survivor Attacked at Garage Sale Over Support for Trump
August 12, 2016: Twitter Video Purports to Show Trump Supporter Assaulted
August 9, 2016: FL: Trump signs in Arlington vandalized with ‘KKK’
August 9, 2016: Woman charged with Trump sign vandalism in Lawrence, MA
August 9, 2016: Man’s Trump T-shirt sparked crowbar attack, cops say
August 8, 2016: NH: Trump Campaign Sign Torched Near Nashua
August 7, 2016: Pro-Trump ‘installation’ torched on Staten Island
August 7, 2016: TX: Woman’s Home Vandalized Because Of Trump Signs
August 6, 2016: Massachusetts woman vandalizes Trump sign, tries to run down owner.
August 5, 2016: Big Trump sign vandalized in Haverhill
August 3, 2016: New Jersey woman faces months-long campaign of terror
August 1, 2016: Video: Mob Violently Ejects Trump Supporter From New York City Park
August 1, 2016: CA: Trump Supporters Pushed Out of San Francisco Bar Zeitgeist
August 1, 2016: Kalamazoo man finds Trump campaign sign burned on lawn
July 31, 2016: WATCH: Clinton Supporter Lights Flag On Fire, Attacks Trump Supporter
July 27, 2016: OH: Black Trump Supporter Shot at Cleveland Bar
July 11, 2016: Brooklyn: Vandal attacks Trump-fan’s home
July 7, 2016: FL: Trump Supporter Ambushed, Broken Arm
July 1, 2016: Black Teenage Trump supporter in Atlanta receives death threats
June 29, 2016: Virginia Family’s Trump Sign, American Flags Vandalized.
June 23, 2016: Camera captures woman ripping Donald Trump flag off New Jersey porch
June 18, 2016: Female Trump supporters harassed, refused service at restaurant
June 16, 2016: Legally Armed business owner confronts anti-Trump vandals
June 7, 2016: Vandals Hit ‘Trump Truck’ in Scranton, PA
June 4, 2016: Vandals destroy Donald Trump signs in Whatcom County
June 2, 2016: Angry Mob Attacked Gay Latino Trump Supporter & Log Cabin Republican
June 2, 2016: San Jose Woman Assaulted For Being a Trump Supporter
June 2, 2016: Left-wing thugs violently attack Trump supporters.
May 24, 2016: NM: Trump Rally Protesters Attack Trump Supporters
May 24, 2016: NM: Disabled Trump Supporter Gets Water & Bottles Thrown At
May 20, 2016: FL: Trump Supporter’s Home Vandalized, Lawn Burned
May 16, 2016: CA: Vandals Hit House and Truck of Trump Supporter,
May 9, 2016: Left-wing arsonists torch Trump campaign sign in Hollis, NH
May 9, 2016: Man says he was called a ‘Trump supporter’ before Bellingham beating
April 29, 2016: Women, Children, Elderly Trump Supporters Pepper Sprayed in CA
May 8, 2016: Trump Supporter Christopher Conway Attacked By AntiFa terrorists
April 29, 2016: CA: Trump Protesters Beat Up Trump Supporter
April 28, 2016: Trump Supporter Beaten Up. Rocks Thrown at Trump Supporters
April 27, 2016: CA: Girls, 8 and 11, Hit with Anti-Trump Thug’s Pepper Spray
April 24, 2016: Man Arrested, Charged With Threatening To Bomb Trump Rally
April 16, 2016: OR: Masked Anti-Trump Protester Spits In Trump Supporter’s Face
April 16, 2016: NY: Trump Supporter Grabbed, Pushed By Anti-Trump Thugs
April 13, 2016: PA: Trump Supporter Attacked Outside Pittsburgh Rally
April 10, 2016: WA: Trump Supporter’s Tire Slashed
April 8, 2016: OR: Protesters Crash Pro-Trump Student Event, Make Threats
April 6, 2016: NC: Trump Supporter Vehicle Vandalized over Trump Support
April 6, 2016: RI: Vandals Key Coventry Man’s Car Bearing Trump Bumper Sticker
March 29, 2016: Anti-Trump thug punches Trump supporter
March 21, 2016: Man’s homemade Trump billboard destroyed in Michigan.
March 19, 2016: Florida Man shatters door at Trump Jacksonville headquarters
March 18, 2016: Trump stickers vandalized, students harassed at Saint Mary’s College
March 18, 2016: Donald Trump supporter’s billboard burned in Egg Harbor Township
March 17, 2016: Woman records herself running over Trump signs in NC
March 17, 2016: Trump campaign signs stolen from a Naples home, home vandalized
March 17, 2016: Violent protesters attack Trump supporters in Chicago.
March 15, 2016: Vandals deface Trump signs in Dayton Ohio.
March 14, 2016: 70 Year-Old Trump Supporter Threatened, Home Vandalized
March 14, 2016: Vandals target Trump supporters in College Park. “Fuck Trump”
March 12, 2016: Man tries to tackle Trump at campaign rally.
March 9, 2016: Trump billboard removed due to repeated vandalism in West Town IL.
March 8, 2016: 3 arrested for pulling gun on Trump supporter
February 29, 2016: FL: Trump Volunteers Brutally Assaulted
January 25, 2016: NH: Trump Supporter’s Sign Vandalized
January 9, 2016: Donald Trump’s campaign headquarters in Mass. vandalized
January 5, 2016: Jewish Trump supporter’s Trump sign vandalized with Nazi images.
September 1, 2015: Texas teen says Trump is the reason he was attacked at bus stop
Really? Don’t remember anyone beating the crap out of someone wearing an Obama t-shirt …
You might look up the case of Kaylon Johnson.
But I’m really not going to get into arguing laundry lists of wrongdoings. If you are blissfully unaware of the spike in right-wing and racist hate crimes and hate groups in the US — the first spike with the election of Obama, the second with the election of Trump — then count yourself fortunate in that. Count yourself fortunate as well that you are not, so far as I know, a group that folk who claim “religious freedom” to discriminate feel entitled to do so against.