Great so what are you going to do about it


I'm sure community leaders were asking for civility in Berlin before Kristallnacht.  I'm sure Bosniaks in Srebrenica were asking for respect before Ratko Sladic took 8000 lives.

I have requested cameras be placed in these rooms in the future when candidates are hosted.  I have requested a sign-in sheet be placed in these rooms in the future when candidates are hosted, with required identification of everyone in attendance.  I have requested this grey-haired individual in particular be identified and her name be given to the local authorities, that she essentially be placed on a watch list.  Will any of this occur, or will we all just wring our hands and say, "Gosh, we need to not be so backwards as a community.  I hope we can work towards greater acceptance of minorities" and do nothing beyond spewing niceties in the hopes this will prevent racist, backwards-ass, redneck opinions from corroding future public discourse?


There is nothing illegal about holding or expressing racist views, but people bold enough to express these views in public are at increased risk of acting out these views in public, often in a violent way.  If you think otherwise, ask the folks who survived Dachau whether or not they felt threatened or intimidated while in the concentration camps.  No one told them when they first entered the plan was for them to be killed - It was all talk about how they needed to be separated from the Aryans because Europe had "too many Jews".

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