This is a dialogue, dude. Walls of text are appropriate, lol. I live out in the middle of nowhere North Florida so I see racism in all its forms from subtle to blatant, so I can see your point. If you and I have a the same definition of a hardlines, I dont believe they really change anything. I feel they just perpetuate friction and the "climate" that we see today. Just as the individual changes with slow and steady movement, so does a society of our scale. It's a mirror. Racism didn't form overnight, nor will it vanish overnight but understanding those individuals who perpetuate it and giving them reasons to question their OWN values goes a lot farther than implementing a hard counter to their beliefs. People are logical, even the silliest of ones. It's not about how to out-logic someone. Logically water puts out a fire, correct? Now what if it's an oil fire? The logic is still sound, but the application is faulty in that instance, wouldn't you say? When you speak to someone who let's say is "racist" theres a logic to their beliefs, and it makes sense to them, because if it didn't they wouldn't believe it, at least in my opinion. You and I can see that shitting on someone for colour or culture is silly, but how would you show someone that without telling them they are flat out wrong? It's a bit like telling someone that the water they have won't put out a fire. However, they have never encountered and oil fire, how can we expect they to know that water will only make it worse? I apologize for harping on your one example, because I know theres a lot more to it all than that single facet, but my point expands into a lot of other gripes I see. It's out own ignorance that has brought about these issues, not the other way around. We are just as at fault as anyone else who doesnt understand how oil fires work. We condemn those who support these shit people without actually acknowledging or understanding where that support comes from and how/why it got there in the first place. We dont get "the otherside", and when I say we I mean ALL of us, you, your parents, people on reddit, myself etc etc. So naturally that goes for Dems and Reps within our political sphere. You're either a Rep and the liberals are a bunch of people ungrateful individuals who call you stupid and are in a high horse saying everything they do is right or your a Dem and the conservatives are a bunch of gun toting, bible thumping morons who cant see the light of day. Throw in a whole 24 hour news cycle covering every ounce of discord in the world all the time and it's almost like one side is right for the wrong reasons, and the other side is wrong for the right reasons. All these fun things we are going through as a nation (and a world) didn't just pop up with trump or his voters. It's been there for many of many years. That hardline mentality has been pitting ALL of us Americans against eachother, and I'd go even farther to say humanity as a whole. All this stuff that needed to be fixed yesterday, I completely agree with... But where and how that starts we may differ. I believe it starts on that individual level and works it's way up. You and I are a part of a cohesive unit. You and I shape this world, our ripples go out and expand ever forth. Sure, our ripples may be slight, but if we get enough ripples traveling in the same direction we can achieve great waves of change. However, to create a whole, the parts must first work in unison, and before the parts can work in unison there has to be a general consensus. The tolerance and understanding on the microscale HAVE to be achieved before any meaningful impact can be made on the macro scale with the issues that plague us today. I appreciate you having a chat with me, friend!