Sean Toner
I agree that giving a 1 star rating based on one episode is hardly fair and perhaps highlights just how important the topic of this series is. So far, the series has touched on not just white supremacy, but also the genocide in Rwanda and the Buddhist led genocide in Myanmar (by the way, I'm Buddhist). Watching the series is difficult because of how important the topic is today. While some parts of the series try to give examples of "turnarounds", such as a former neo-Nazi being given a break by a Jewish owner, or the grand daughter of the founder of the Westboro Church realizing the hate she was espousing, I think unfortunately, that the very people who need to watch these episodes either will not, or will think the matter doesn't apply to them, only "the other". I have always been fascinated by how civilized and caring people can turn on their neighbors so easily, as evidenced by Weimar Germany, or Yugoslavia in the 90s. One of the more important themes in the series is that all people can be swept up by hate, not just extreme ideologues. All in all, very much worth watching and contemplating.
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