We had every manner of civility politics. We had people say they were going to silently surround the Nazis, turn their backs, and join hands in a moving display of love over hate. We had people saying that both sides were bad. One city councillor called an anti-racist group a terrorist organization. The term “cville” was turned inti “cvilleity” more than once.
In the end, this did not stop hate.
It did, however, silence and imprison anti-racist activists who were trying to stop hate.