The consequences of ignoring hate speech
Trump's abusive language against immigrants is in line with hate speech from public figures that have historically led to hate crimes, mob violence and ultimately, genocide.
Last weekend, one of my closest mom-friends sent a voice note in our Whatsapp group of her four-year-old daughter singing “they’re eating the cats, they’re eating the dogs.” A catchy, remixed version of Trump’s inaccurate and abhorrent comments about the Haitian-American community in Springfield, Ohio eating “their pets” is trending on TikTok, which is most likely where her kids heard it.
This is the viral power of hate speech.
In a CNN interview, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance admitted that Trump and Vance have been pushing false tales about Haitian immigrants eating pets for media attention.
But, this isn’t the first vile thing that’s come out of Trump’s mouth at a public event—Americans have been…
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