As the journalist and activist Molly Conger, best known for chronicling government meetings in Charlottesville, Virginia after the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in August 2017, put it, “Deradicalization [away from extremist viewpoints] is possible, but it is a slow, difficult, and personal process . . . On a societal level, focusing on derad[icalization] as the primary tool to fight hate is like bailing out a flooded basement with a teacup while the storm still rages outside.”
