After reading some articles and watching videos over the past 20 years, specifically, this article really made a lot of things clear.
I've said for a long time that the primary debate tools of the left are:
Ad hominem attack
Projection
deflection
And the projection part especially rang true. Like the leftist who feely admitted he was voting for Obama because he was black, and accusing me of voting against him because he's black - even though I've never voted for ANY democrat for president in my life.
Or the constant accusations that conservatives are the ones that spew hate, even though when you watch a BLM, Antifa, "hands up, don't shoot" rally and juxtapose against a TEA party rally and you get the opposite opinion. Or the fascist Antifa calling the right "fascist.
And this article really nailed the "hate" projection. So here it is:
Are Leftists Literally Addicted to Hatred?
I think the answer is a resonding yes. They tend to be younger (under 25) and, therefore, more emotional in their response - which includes hatred. The right is far more mature and tends to respond more logically and with long term consequences of their response in mind.
But it's a great article.