Think about this though. If there were an element in society that you
could statistically track, and could link this same element to a
definite decline in living standard, or quality of life, and you spoke
out against it, based on your evidence, would that make you "Hateful"?

When your only "evidence" is conjecture, spin, and speculation and you speak
out not against the decline but against those groups or individuals you blame
for the decline, yes. Even unto the classic sense of the Nazi vs. Jew or KKK
vs. black American examples. "Everything wrong with this country is the fault
of this group of people over here......." Very old story.