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In reply to the discussion: NYT apologizes for offending 'so many' readers after profile of Nazi sympathizer [View all]J_William_Ryan
(1,748 posts)Whatever our goal, a lot of readers found the story offensive, with many seizing on the idea we were normalizing neo-Nazi views and behavior. How to normalize Nazis 101! one reader wrote on Twitter. Im both shocked and disgusted by this article, wrote another. Attempting to normalize white supremacist groups should Never have been printed!
Our reporter and his editors agonized over the tone and content of the article. The point of the story was not to normalize anything but to describe the degree to which hate and extremism have become far more normal in American life than many of us want to think.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/26/reader-center/readers-accuse-us-of-normalizing-a-nazi-sympathizer-we-respond.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share
Hate and extremism facilitated by Trump, where Trumps own hate and bigotry gives license to bigots and racists.