Coping with Bigots
Suppose a bigot wants to organize a meeting in your neighborhood,
since we preach the freedom of speech, we are loath to deny the
request. As a result, the hate-mongers are given opportunities to
rent halls, conduct meetings, publish abusive literature, and 
solicit contributions. What can we do about them? An astute observer, 
Prof. S. Andhil Fineberg advocates the "quarantine method". His plan
is to give such groups no publicity and ignore them completely. 
Without the warmth of spotlight, he feels that the bigot will freeze 
and become ineffectual. Debating with such warped mind is not 
feasible and only tends to exacerbate the situation. 

To have cold feet--My cousin was all set to join the paratroops, but
at the last moment he got cold feet.
(to hesitate because of fear or uncertainty)