This is what I was talking about

Speaking of CNN, Sally Kohn has really stepped in it:

A petition urging CNN to fire or suspend lesbian contributor Sally Kohn for her comments attacking Christians in the wake of the Orlando shooting has garnered 400 signatures in just over 24 hours. The petition calls Kohn "a hateful bigot," and attacks "her disgusting, bigoted tweets that slander Christians and people who choose to love God in a different way than her own."

Following the Pulse nightclub attack in Orlando, Fla., Kohn repeatedly tied Christians and the "Christian Right" to the shooter, who was linked to the Islamic State group, a radical Islamic terror organization which claimed responsibility for the attack. Kohn alleged that Christian opposition to the LGBT agenda is different in degree but not in kind from the kind of hatred unleashed by the shooter.

Here are some examples.

Islamic extremists kill LGBT people.

Christian and Jewish extremists just drive us to commit suicide.

Either way, #HateIsHate.

— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) June 13, 2016

Hey right wing Christians desperately trying to point out that right wing Muslims are more anti-gay than you are: Your guilt is showing!

— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) June 13, 2016

"Our religion's extremists hate gay people we just don't slaughter them or throw them off buildings" is a very strange #ChristianHumblebrag — Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) June 12, 2016

So it's "petty" to mourn the incredibly destructive role Christian Right ideology has played in US gay community? https://t.co/E2jsV3We8S — Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) June 13, 2016

Kohn seems to be arguing that there is a difference in degree, but not in kind, between the "hateful" Christian view that homosexual practice is a sin and the terror attack in Orlando. Because Omar Mateen hated gays and Christians (and Jews) hate gays, she argues, Christian hate is partially responsible for his shooting. Never mind Mateen's declaration of allegiance to the Islamic State or that organization's claiming responsibility for the attack. 

And McClatchy news service is perpetuating an extremely toxic, not to mention ridiculous, narrative:

One publicist sent out an email Tuesday afternoon, suggesting journalists explore a presumed link between the Orlando shooting and “anti-LGBT” laws passed in several states: “While other motives may have inspired the attack, which killed 49 people, advocates say the rate of hate crimes against LGBT people goes up when there is a debate over their rights.” He linked to a McClatchy article entitled, “Hundreds of bills to curb LGBT rights preceded Orlando attack. Is there a link?”

The authors write:

While other motives may have inspired the attack … advocates say the rate of hate crimes against LGBT people goes up when there is a debate over their rights.

The sponsors of the various bills say they are not intended to promote violence against LGBT people.

Rather, the supporters say they want to protect the religious freedom of people who oppose same-sex marriage, or the concerns of people who feel uncomfortable using the same restroom as transgender individuals.

The article specifically explores whether legislation regarding the “transgender bathroom” debate, such as North Carolina’s recent law requiring individuals to use public restrooms according to their biological sex, is responsible for an increased amount of anti-LGBT hate crimes. (The “T” is only the last letter of LGBT — “lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender”.)

In addition, McClatchy explores whether state laws designed to protect religious freedom and traditional marriage, among other laws, might have had some effect on the motivations of a radical Islamic terrorist who may have had gay tendencies.

And of course the gun-grabbers are gearing up. May have more on that later.

Folks, this is why we call them jackboots.