You can make a strong case, using the example of France, that this is the way to go. Neo-Nazism is banned in France; France has a huge neo-Nazi problem. Because you can’t actually ban ideas even if you wanted to, and by forcing these groups underground, you play to their victimhood narrative and allow them to fester…

“Distraction is if I stop and try to talk to folks who have clearly demonstrated that they’re not open to hearing that,”

Banning political parties seems like not a great way to protect democracy tbh.

Banning political parties is extremly anti-Democratic.

Cause nothing good ever comes for engaging racists right? I find it ironic that even though we praise MLK we usually don’t pay attention to what he was really saying or really doing. I mean I remember MLK saying “Fuck LBJ he is a racist so I am not even going to bother putting pressure on the most powerful man in the…

I agree with you on a lot of you here, but Jones said he wants to connect with those who found Trump “distateful” but also felt “overlooked” by other candidates. So before we brush all Trump supporters as racist, let’s think about what he means. My guess would be he means the low-income whites who supported Obama…

The Minority Report-approach isn’t exactly compatible with democracy. Germany is probably a bit wary about fascist and anti-democratic tendencies

I still argue that if you bother to listen to where people are coming from, you are able to form a more cogent and formidable argument to their opinions. Conversely, you also are able to see where you have missed something in your own belief system and while it may not change your opinion, it will change how you…

Are Hillary Clinton voters tolerant of bombing innocent people?

Obama promised hope and change in 2008 and a lot of these people voted for that. Obama didn’t bring much hope and change once in office so these people decided to vote for the next person who promised it. It was a more appealing message than “everything is fine and if you don’t agree with that you are a racist and a…

Ava DuVernay is not a politician. It’s not her job to appeal to people that voted for Trump.

Did Clinton voters signal they are okay with bombing innocent people?

I can think of a bunch of reasons to make it very difficult to ban a political party.

Yes, ignoring 46% of the electorate is a good way to move forward. There’s absolutely no way that will come back to haunt you

Because if you ban them, then some other neo-Nazi party will pop up and do the same stuff. That’s why banning speech and/or political parties is dumb. Racist/fascist/whatever sentiments arise in populations pretty organically when the economic and social conditions are right for them, and then find a figurehead in…

Exactly. And it would legitimize their stances instead of treating them like the insane/irrational blathering of those not meant to be taken seriously.

It is a lot easier to dismiss all Trump voters as racist than it is to try and understand the perspective of others.

It is counterproductive to ban stuff you don’t like.

There is a fair amount of whitesplaining going on toward MLK III, telling him what he should and should not do/calling him an Uncle Tom, etc. Very interesting, that.

(Oh crap, will MLK’s son be banished to the back of the mob now?)