Why it is important to tackle online and offline hate based behaviors?

Hate is a powerful mechanism of damaging communities and singling out our fellow Americans. There are many reasons why people spread hate rumors that range from exploiting perceived differences for political-ideological, financial-economic, thwart accountability-deflection, or racial-religious reasons. When we see these problems arise we should consider methods of tackling them to ensure that we maximize our human capital in society. Why We Hate(2018). 

Hate can be online or in face-to-face groups that share similar dislike and disdain for those who do not prescribe to their beliefs or background. When such groups move from general immaturity to official positions it creates a double or even triple risk for targets as illegitimate behaviors become legitimized. Thus tracing back to the root is helpful to understand and thwart behaviors in the future. Online Hate Speech Propagators(2023)

Because hate is a learned social pattern based often on the influence of toxic social leaders we can say that behaviors were likely many years in the making through social acceptance and lack of controls. Where criminal behaviors occurred and continued we may further experience other victims coming forward when given an opportunity to air their grievances in a safe venue. This becomes especially true where intimidation has been used to minimize freedom of speech and religion. (Might make a case for a local hotline in areas of concern to deal with corruption and hate to see what the eyes and ears of the community tells us.)

From a sociological perspective based on the recent understanding and research in domestic extremism, there is a trajectory line to a greater push by the next generation for more accountability on groups seeking to exploit hate and create divisions in society based on protected classes. In places were different rules for different people exist it will likely give way to a more universal perspective of governance. It falls into alignment with our democratic development and is something we should encourage as a society. Defuse Hate (2016).