@gearhead The problem is, this is about the general population. You can't solve the problem of racism and hate and all that stuff in the general population putting people in jail.

As we've seen, that can even promote those negative aspects of society.

No, this is a cultural problem to be addressed through engagement and understanding, not by hating on haters and bringing down the boot of the government on individuals. History shows over and over that the backlash to that can magnify the problem, in kind of a Streisand Effect sort of way.

The present moment emphasizes that, too. In my opinion there's no way Trump would be a viable candidate today, much less be within striking distance of being reelected, had we not treated him as such a baddie for the last 4 years. All of that rhetoric played into his hands and gave him the attention he needed to score the Republican nomination.

We should have just let him fade into the past as the loser that he is. Instead we gave him a center stage with giant spotlights, and as you probably agree, he has used that to promote a lot of really antisocial ideas.

It didn't have to be this way. But it was so predictably this way.