This constant barrage of messaging laced with hateful words and conspiracy theories, and the growing acceptance of those messages, dehumanizes minority communities. It makes them targets for further harm. And what’s particularly troublesome is how far these seeds of hate have been sown. In partnership with Tulchin Research, the Southern Poverty Law Center conducted a recent poll in the United States showing that nearly 70 percent of people who identified as Republican voters believe, at least to some extent, in the “great replacement theory,” which holds that demographic changes are being deliberately engineered to minimize white voting power and rob white people of control. And, the poll identified a disturbing amount of support for the idea that political violence is sometimes necessary and justified. 3