I know, but as a therapist, I also know that what is good for one person is often worse than a terrible choice for another, so I am never willing to say that one method of building community is the right way.

It always amazes me how many people don't understand "if it doesn't apply, let it fly". If the post isn't talking about you, barging it to say "HI, I'M AN EXCEPTION, NOTICE ME!" isn't a good look.

Or give them dice and an RPG system, or help them get involved in theater, or a service org, or a choir (church or school, their preference) or volunteer, or any other activity that requires cooperation and social intimacy.

you mean Affordable Care Act subsidies. Your bias is showing.

That we know of.

I just smiled the biggest smile at international news that I've smiled in a long time.

They avoid it because it's ugly and not a euphemism. It gives the perpetrator nothing to hide behind.

Trump was adjudicated responsible for the rape of E Jean Carroll and specifically because he attempted to go after her because she called him a rapist. He is a rapist.

rapist and enabler work just fine.

That's one possible scenario, yes. I'm not sure whether that counts as accountability or just GOP in disarray and eating its own.

The biggest issue is that there's no real enforcement mechanism if the person in question is powerful enough, which Trump is.

And what we have done in this country concerning bigotry is akin to finding the permissible levels of lead in water