1/ America was never without racism, homophobia, anti-Semitism or xenophobia. But we thought we’d reached a consensus where none could ever again be turned into a major political force. With the advent of social media and a president who gives a wink-wink, the levees have fallen.

2/ This is not a political but a spiritual contest. Anyone who thinks it is as simple as just changing things on the level of effect is naïve. The “dark psychic force of collectivized hatred” is no joke & treating it like one is an example of the naïveté that allows it to fester.