Is continual exposure to hateful propaganda child abuse?

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99. I'll be very frank here.

Bill Clinton shamed me the other night. Despite all that he suffered at the hands of conservatives, he took the high road. He eschewed hate. He engaged in no revenge. He chose to do good in the world, and to cross over to model tolerance and respect.

I have not been as good as Bill. I am still angry about Bush, and I will always be angry about that. I still burn when conservatives attack the truth, or promote hatred and bigotry. There is still a universal truth in the world, and they do not respect it or their fellow humans.

And that is what made me think about the effects of continuing barrage of hate on children. I have never advocated violence or espoused government intervention in anyone's liberties. And I have never exposed a child to that kind of discussion. And I won't.

But I want us all to talk about hate in America. Isn't it time for us to stand against it? Isn't it time to stand for a luminous and clear way of getting along? Isn't it time for *that* path to be the goal? We can't get there without discussion.