Long ago I studied how genocides occur and the process goes something like this:
1. A group is demonized, but no one takes it seriously.
2. The demonization keeps growing and hatred for the target group grows with it.
3. The target group starts getting blamed for all the problems in society. The target group is distrusted.
4. The target group can not fix the problems because they are not causing them, so the demonization and hatred continues to grow.
... now things get really bad ...
5. The target group is so hated that no one will defend them for fear of being cast into the same "basket" as the targets.
6. The police stop defending them. Violence against them is tacitly approved.
7. Laws are written explicitly putting them at a disadvantage.
8. People are getting SO tired of having to tolerate the target group. Why do we have to live with this? They are SO evil! For God's sake why can't we solve this problem once and for all!?
... and then ...
9. A trigger event occurs and the people finally decide that it is time to solve societies problem. It is time to execute the final solution and get rid of the target group.
10.. All Hell breaks loose.
We have been at stage 8 for over a year now. The question is, did 9 just occur? Many on the left are telling me it has.