Funnily enough, the British version of this (Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006) got started at a similar time, after the 7/7 bombings in London, when muslims were not the favourite pets of the establishment. Labour politicians were in fact not very shy with their terror paranoia rhetoric, instructing muslim parents to keep an eye on their children and inform on them if they were being radicalised. The parallel at the moment in America is that they're unhappy with muzzies sympathising with Hamas and standing up against zionism.

This is the timing they use. The 'Racial and Religious Hatred Act' couldn't be any more perfectly named - it makes much more sense if you realise it's designed to cause those things. They bring this shit in at the same time as the group in question is particularly unpopular (and angry at their own unpopularity), which serves to temporarily keep them sweet and obedient due to their special treatment, while making everyone else feel (correctly) that white people are second class citizens. I used to think this was just hamfisted attempts at mollification by clueless politicians, these days I see it as deliberate racial agitation. Hanlon's razor always goes in the trash from now on.