I agree that it's a culture problem but I don't think it's a new one. There are several problems with today's as I see it: 1) Each small town used to have a c

I agree that it's a culture problem but I don't think it's a new one. There are several problems with today's as I see it: 1) Each small town used to have a crazy person who didn't quite live up to societal expectations. They might even "publish" but they had a limited audience (their town) who wasn't receptive to the message. With the huge "communications platforms" we've adopted on the Internet, those crazies can now find each other quite easily and band together into a group that has a much louder voice. Please note here that my use of the word "crazies" is not a medical diagnosis but rather a description of someone whose thoughts are significantly outside the mainstream. 2) In those small towns, there was societal pressure to NOT act on every non-conforming thought that you had. If you got shunned from your town, you might not survive and/or would be actively hunted down. If everyone knew you, the town gossip mill would make sure that you were continuously under a microscope. Now that the non-conformists have banded together in a large forum, they're outside the confines of their own community. If the goal is to quash hate speech and calls to violence, I think it's also important to note that there are some types of non-conformance that are good for society. Some is a gradual constant pressure that keeps our society ready for the day we live in. Others result in scientific advancement - most of us here consider "thinking-outside-the-box" to be a good thing. Doc Brown's town all considered him a little crazy but he was a "harmless crazy". As you might have expected, I don't have an answer to the current problem either but I think this is a discussion we have to have. How do we put societal pressure to use on a large scale? Can we in fact have constructive arguments with these groups? If we're willing to endure censorship, where is the boundary and how do we keep it from expanding? I for one would like community guidelines to determine where those edges are - perhaps we're "too far gone" as a society and we're just headed into another version of the dark ages.