Are you an enabler of hate?

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26. You know where you stand...

good for you.

I don't plan on spending any time in the hospital for "speaking up against hate".

You don't have the right to draw any lines for anyone else as to what they should be able to endure for "standing up to hate".

Also...one thing I want to point out.

You probably also don't have the right to tell people in any particular group what they should or should not be saying to each other.


Example...Let's say you work for a black boss. He and a very close friend, also black, are having lunch and you overhear them using the "N" word to each other in a kidding manner. You mean to tell me that you, a white guy, walk over to them and give them a lecture on what they should not be saying? Seriously?

I don't expect an honest answer to this, as I know how easy it is to sit there, insisting that, oh yeah, we WOULD do this or that.

Give these two a lecture, and the least that may happen is your boss can make your workplace life somewhat miserable. Or he could find an excuse to fire you. If you have a family, what do you tell them...uh, sorry, kids...dad lost his job, we have to sell the house and maybe get welfare and food stamps because the economy sucks, but hey... I stood up to my boss today (even though I didn't change his mind). Ooooh...brilliant!!

Don't say anything, and you could rightfully be accused of hypocrisy.


I've been around long enough to know that you don't change a person's hatred by telling him it's wrong.

In fact, what's more likely to happen is that it will only reinforce his attitude.


anyway...you don't get to tell other people what privations or punishment they should be willing to endure based on your experience.

If you'd be willing to die for your beliefs, do you think others should follow your example too?

Screw that shit.