In response to the county supervisors' question at a meeting, what can county government do to protect people from violent actions, here's an answer.
One thing all of us can do to help is to pay attention to our words. The last outpost of civility is our acknowledging our human sameness, but this can be removed by language.
Thomas Jefferson discontinued diplomacy when the Muslims, when asked why they were commandeering American ships and ransoming the crews, was told that all non-Muslims faced this fate. He sent the Marines.