Attributing mental disorders by homicidal maniacs to hate?

 PJ Media:

Boulder Massacre Is Just as Much a Hate Crime as the Atlanta Spa Shootings

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 Alissa has yet to reveal a motive for his murder spree. But what does that matter? We can assign a motive for his actions. The president did just that in Atlanta. “Hate” was the motive, despite Mr. Long’s confession that he was motivated by a sexual addiction and wasn’t targeting Asians.

Prosecutors are dubious about the president claiming a hate motive.

NBC News:

The first step in assessing a potential hate crime is for the local U.S. Attorney to direct the Atlanta office of the FBI to open a preliminary investigation into the matter, the officials said.

So far, no directive has been given, the officials said, because after probing electronic devices and conducting interviews, investigators have seen no evidence leading in that direction. Hate crime charges could be filed later if evidence supporting a prosecution is found.

There is as much evidence implicating Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa in a hate crime as there is in claiming Robert Aaron Long’s murder spree was a hate crime. That is to say, no evidence at all.

The thinking behind accusing Mr. Long of a hate crime is simple; he’s white and a southerner. So, of course, he’s a racist.

Similar thinking about Mr. Alissa would be equally ignorant; he’s Muslim and hates all westerners, so of course, he murdered 10 people in the name of Allah.

Even if Alissa proves to be a lone wolf jihadist, he, like Long, appears to have mental problems.

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I think it can be said that many on the left hate guns and want to disarm the innocent to try to stop the homicidal maniacs.  That in itself would be a hate crime.

BTW, Alissa was virulently anti-Trump.