To try—in spite of their horrifying, often unacceptable beliefs—to return some sense of personhood and dignity to them, so that we might see them not as lunatics and lost causes, but as people we know: friends, family, colleagues, whose circumstances and choices have led them down a dark path. Without this baseline recognition of their fundamental humanness, despite the humanity their beliefs sometimes deny to others, it’s impossible to truly consider what real solutions could look like.
