What I’ve noticed in recent years is that people really love the opportunity to engage in bigotries they were quietly or secretly holding onto once they feel they have a social go-ahead to be in the open about it. That was clearly the case with white supremacists, homophobes, etc. but it’s also the case with “left” people who have intensified rhetoric against individuals based on age, weight, disability, national origin, etc. (1/2)