What would you do if you were staring hatred straight in the face? Would you yell? Punch? For Aaron Courtney, a high school football coach from Gainesville, Florida, the answer… was hug.
Courtney was on his way out from a protest against white nationalist Richard Spencer’s speech at the University of Florida when he spotted his chance to confront someone who hates his very existence. He had just one question: He wanted to know why.