Don't ignore the alt-right — openly mock their incompetence

One year after the deadly Charlottesville, Va., rally, white supremacist Jason Kessler and his band of bigoted misfits unintentionally proved that online participation doesn’t necessarily translate into real-life interest or action.

‘Unite the Right’ 2 was quickly understood to be an abysmal failure. Less than 50 participants showed up in Washington, D.C., were vastly outnumbered by counterprotesters, and the event ended early due to rain. The vast majority of Americans chalk up this foundering as a positive turn of events in this particularly divisive and racially-charged climate.