From
A Texan Looks at Lyndon: A Study in Illegitimate Power (1964), by J. Evetts Haley, p. 6:
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The shallow deprecation of "hate" as the cause of national tragedy; the vilification of patriots as "extremists": the preaching of peace while appeasing evil, are dishonest resorts which exacerbate instead of healing the malady.
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So we see that the cheap and inaccurate characterization of the opponent as drive by "hate" dates back fifty years. At least.
For just as long save a year, conservatives have been claiming that the utility of 'racism' or 'hate' or '(x)' was wearing out, because the concept was overextended. Conservatives never have been ready for the big time. These invective smears from the left have no reasonable heart; the very conjuring of the term is bogus or overextended, distorted in application. And the left won't stop using them until they stop working. Have they stopped working? Ask Paula Deen. Or Donald Sterling.