If the alt-right just stuck to what they were going to do about terrorism, they might not attract so many nut-job bigots. But instead the alt-right equates immigrants and refugees with terrorism. It's an ugly and deplorable tactic, but it will certainly cement their hold on the 10-15% of the population that lives to hate.

The rest of us are coming to the realization that terrorism, like car accidents and random shootings, is an aspect of modern life that isn't going to go away. Face it: we aren't going to ban trucks. We aren't going to ban gatherings of people. And even if we banned immigration and refugees, we can't stop people from entering our country for other reasons. Nor can we stop the home-grown random killers, be they inspired by a hateful ideology- like Dylann Roof- or a mental illness.

Nobody has a simple answer for terrorism. But by pretending terrorism and immigration are joined, the alt-right pretends it does and attracts the bigots at the same time.