text: An invaluable opportunity for serious introspection is minimized every time a comment attempts to paint with broad strokes a picture of all Trump voters as alt right racists. The media fueled rise of extremism has provided a statistically insignificant yet increasingly fowl segment of America's demographic with an undeserved public stage, overshadowing many legitimate concerns that contributed far more to Trump's political success. While total rejection of racism's ugly message is not only warranted but demanded from all of us, unless we begin to really listen to ourselves, we are destined to propel into power simply another demigod of the disenfranchised.