Psychology of Media & Technology

This isn't a left/right issue.  This is a moral one that transcends politics.  We have to be FOR a moral stance that accepts all to eliminate the need for haters.  Human history suggests that these kinds of uprisings are not anomalies when people are afraid or feeling marginalized.  We can't just be "against" hate --  that's a negative position and equally powerless.  It needs haters to have something to oppose.  The same group mentality and sense of collective agency that enables the organization of hate groups can also be used to inspire resistance.  Social media goes both ways; it can be used to define and unite a definition of society that tolerates differences without hate and violence.  Let's continue to speak up against hate and create a tipping point where these groups are outcasts in society rather than an outlet.  There is no appeal or sense of  power being a member of a disempowered group--one that is looked down on by all parts of society.