Some followup thoughts on last week's Doonesbury flap

First, I want to apologize for not drawing the distinction between the literal reading of the Christian scriptures and the beliefs of many contemporary followers of Christianity. ( Cut for length. )

We must not forget that there are people on the fringes of society who hate. Most importantly, we must ensure that they stay on the fringes of society. Whether they hate Jews, or "non-Whites", or Muslims, or Democrats, or women or LGBT individuals or whomever, whomever they hate, once we start to dismiss their hate as unimportant, as not worth the effort to fight, we let their hate become acceptable, and then we let their hate become normal, and then we let their hate become expected, and sooner or later --- but all too often sooner --- we let their hate destroy us.

"Marginalize hate." It's a crappy bumper sticker, but it's the only way we'll survive.

Some followup thoughts on last week's Doonesbury flap

First, I want to apologize for not drawing the distinction between the literal reading of the Christian scriptures and the beliefs of many contemporary followers of Christianity. ( Cut for length. )

We must not forget that there are people on the fringes of society who hate. Most importantly, we must ensure that they stay on the fringes of society. Whether they hate Jews, or "non-Whites", or Muslims, or Democrats, or women or LGBT individuals or whomever, whomever they hate, once we start to dismiss their hate as unimportant, as not worth the effort to fight, we let their hate become acceptable, and then we let their hate become normal, and then we let their hate become expected, and sooner or later --- but all too often sooner --- we let their hate destroy us.

"Marginalize hate." It's a crappy bumper sticker, but it's the only way we'll survive.