"hate speech" has become such an overused term by the main stream media that it doesn't even mean anything anymore.

It is overused...even more so by sjw's and their ilk online...but it's always been a somewhat difficult term. It is a real thing that is used and does cause a lot of pain...but it's not always easy to nail down. And often the ones they put on TV are not the ones that they should be putting on to talk about things. They end up with either a one sided argument, or people that don't know what they're talking about, or both.

To combat what the problem actually is will take a long time, and the ones that are on the forefront will likely be Hollywood. It is their responsibility to diversify so people see different viewpoints and people and aren't segregated away from it by only seeing movies written and staring rich white people. We also should be seeing cool low budget films made in different countries.

There's also the issue of schools never actually being fully desegregated. They're still largely white in many areas, because that's who's in the area. If we don't want people to be racist, we have to ensure they have diverse friends from a very young age.

for a crazy person to be receptive to hate speech - whatever that even means anymore, there has to be some element of crazy already in them

Yeah...and I think a major part of the problem is that there are quite a few people that just need some help. They need supporting structure. They need friends and family to be there for them. They need people to talk to. They might need counseling and a psychologist or psychiatrist. They might even need medication.

But there is a false perception that just because you shoot some people that you're crazy. Often murderers aren't crazy. Sure, they have issues, as everyone does. And we would have far less shootings if we even just had proper counseling in schools. But, scary enough, they're not always crazy.

Better medical care would definitely bring down the numbers, because some of those people would get mental health care, but I'm not sure it would completely solve it. Especially when they still will likely have to fight to get coverage, and do tons of paperwork.

The thing that I find so absurd is the fact that everyone tries to use these situations to point the finger at a political opponent.

I almost got physically sick watching the first clip of Kamala Harris, cuz it was so obvious that she was just using it for her own political gain. I can't watch these stories much anymore, because it just overwhelms me. Maybe they do care...but they're still just using the story for their own political and financial gains.