Where hate speech led in Rwanda

And yet another…

I’m reminded of American talk radio and significant swaths of the Blogosphere today. Is the word "Islamofascist" employed today with much less venom  (or carelessness) than "cockroach" was in the example below?

It’s enough to make this liberal buy a nice big shotgun, just in case.

MEDIA: When Hate Speech Turns Deadly, Who Can Stop It?

While tensions already existed due to high population density and the poisonous historical influence of Rwanda’s former coloniser, Belgium, the Hutus and Tutsis had lived in peace for several years, speaking the same language and inter-marrying. Yet relentless hate speech helped turn ordinary neighbours into ruthless killing machines.

The campaign was led by Hutu extremists through the Radio Television Libre des Milles Collines. Its main message consisted of a warning to the Hutu people that the Tutsis were subhuman traitors, often referring to them as "cockroaches".