Peddlers of preposterous theories find welcoming homes for their messages and a public unwilling to demand greater accountability
As a columnist, I have written about hate crimes more frequently than just about any other subject, and yet I still find myself struck by how often we collectively fail in pushing back hateful ideologies.
The suspect, a White supremacist, specifically sought out the Buffalo neighborhood because of its large Black population. He penned a racist screed online before the attack, authorities said. In the document, he cited the racist “great replacement” theoryby some Republican members of Congress and right wing media figures like Tucker Carlson.
In the wake of what happened in Buffalo, we’ll see plenty written about the proliferation of this hateful ideology, the role political parties have played in advancing it and the lies people will try to tell themselves to rationalize what happened, such as the gunman was a “lone wolf.” What I find myself hung up on, though, is the way social media companies and political figures have recklessly stoked fear and platformed hate with little substantive pushback from much of the general public.
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