WHAT’S AMAZING IS HOW MANY ALLEGEDLY-“RESPECTABLE” JOURNALISTS ARE EGGING IT ON: Byron York: Anti-Trump fever takes threatening turn.

The toxicity of the resistance to President Trump has risen in recent days, with the nation’s most respected newspapers publishing rationalizations for denying Trump supporters public accommodation and for doxxing career federal employees, while a journalist found himself under physical attack from the so-called anti-fascist group Antifa, which has stepped up its violent activities since Trump’s election. . . .

The president is not always at the center of such demonstrations, but Antifa has become an angry and violent fringe force in the Resistance. It has played an ugly role in a number of events, most notably Charlottesville, in which feelings about Trump have played a role.

Shunning, shaming, doxxing, attacking. As the 2020 campaign reaches full speed, would it surprise anyone to see all of it increase? And all from people who congratulate themselves for standing against hate. Perhaps our politics will cool down at some point in the future. But not now.

All of this stuff helps Trump, of course, and if these people were smarter they’d know that and behave better. But they can’t help themselves.

Related: It’s Not Your Imagination: The Journalists Writing About Antifa Are Often Their Cheerleaders. “Of all 15 verified national-level journalists in our subset, we couldn’t find a single article, by any of them, that was markedly critical of Antifa in any way. In all cases, their work in this area consisted primarily of downplaying Antifa violence while advancing Antifa talking points, and in some cases quoting Antifa extremists as if they were impartial experts.” Just remember, turnabout is fair play, and in the words of our last president, don’t think people aren’t keeping score, brother.

Flashback: Democrats Join Alt-Left Protesters Who Want to Ban Conservative Websites.