The idea that there are still parks and places named after Civil War Generals from the South

[brokechris]

119. I see nothing whatsoever funny

about the loss of lives. Sorry. I just can't/don't/won't see it your way.

The thing is--it is easy to hate people like the Southerners and Nazis because they put and denigrated down a whole class of people.

We can feel superior because we would never do such a thing.

And yet--even the "enlightened and self-proclaimed super-intelligent" people right here on DU sometimes exhibit hatred and intolerance toward their fellow brethren over a simple, small difference of opinion.

I don't want to go down that path.

I am a Quaker. I practice peace and tolerance to the best of my ability.

Hatred is hatred. I don't practice it. I look at a monument--and what fills my heart is the remembrance of a great tragedy--and that we need to love our brothers so that it doesn't happen again.