The fact that anything that isn't fawning over the man is considered hate is what's scary. His assassination was instantly weaponized to foment even more hate against the Left.

There was leftist terrorism in the 70's (e.g., The Weather Underground), but nothing I'm aware of since.

They define Antifa as a terrorist group but it's just a collection of young men who want to get into brawls with extremists on the other side -- like some sort of Fight Club.

The President has declared his desire for his political opponents to be jailed -- and he's surrounded by enablers who are more than willing to do that. Worse yet, a significant chunk of the population is totally okay with that.

This isn't just about "the left." A significant number of people on the right want this to be the catalyst for a campaign of violence against gay people, and trans people in particular.

They never fail to mention "trans activism" or something similar when talking about the shooter. They concocted this whole elaborate conspiracy theory about "trans groomers" years ago, and I'm absolutely certain that a lot of the recent online safety legislation has the goal of surveilling the trans community.

Worst case scenario would be declaring being gay or transgender a mental illness and forced detransitions and conversion therapy, and shutting down online communities for "supporting radical left-wing terrorism", or best case scenario a couple more chuds are radicalized to mass murder. Although since spree killing minorities is common enough to be considered a pastime in the US, the latter was probably going to happen anyway.