Ah, but that’s not answering the question, which is this:

How do you know whom you should walk away from? How can you tell at a glance? Where is the giant neon sign reading BIGOT that tells anyone, without any possibility of being wrong, that this drowning man or that choking woman deserves to die?

This isn’t “worry”. It’s a sensible question. Either you can answer it, or you can’t.

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