Honestly, incidents like this are part of what's keeping me quiet on the non-math front. I just don't even have words for what we've let ourselves become. And by "ourselves", I mean ALL Americans, not just one sub-group of Americans.
(Incidentally, another reason I've been quiet in non-math matters is that I've been trying to do everything I can to keep the math thing going. It's not something I'm willing to compromise on. I'm not like "Well, maybe I'll just do it as a hobby*." It's what I do, and a huge part of who I am. It's the work I want to do. So I'm still going all-in on grad school, and trying to do what I can to make that possible. Part of the reason I was blogging so much was because I was really happy. When I blogged/opined a lot, I was doing math in a place where I was able to have a lot of year-round nature time. I had a decent place to myself. I was happy. Being happy made me care a bit more about what was going on in the world. Right now? I'm just not in the best place to be giving opinions. I just don't have a lot to say. There's more to it than that, but I'm not going to spend the time typing it all out. I need to get back to some practice of old math, keeping newer stuff fresh, and looking at future subjects I want to study more in depth.)
*My hobbies are cooking, hiking in Oregon, watching movies, blogging, and extra-curricular math. That's it. I'm not interested in adding to that. Doing mathematics as a job and having those hobbies is my sweet spot. Anything beyond that is (and has been, in the past) toxic.