I confess: I find Freeperville fascinating. Repulsive, sure, but a glimpse into a large

[MissB]

49. I liked this column this morning from The Oregonian: "Trying, and failing, to reason with a bigot"

http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2016/08/trying_and_failing_to_reason_w.html#incart_2box

*snip*
A bigot doesn't always yell. Sometimes he offers you coffee and a seat at his table. But eventually, he'll ask you to leave because there will be nothing left to say.

I came into this situation — at a stranger's kitchen table — with the naive assumption that a man who wrote terrible things about Muslims had never met any. But it was also about simple curiosity: What kind of man has such a dark view of the world?

Last week, in response to a column I wrote about an exchange student headed to Turkey, I received an email that read in full: "Rather than waste a lot of my time in an attempt to enlighten you..... I'll just jump right to the point. The Muslims need to be wiped off the face of the Earth. There will come a day in your life when you will agree. In the mean time, please refrain from painting such a lovely picture of evil."

I initially decided this message was unworthy of a response and moved it to my trash folder. But a few hours later, I reconsidered.

*end snip*

(more at link)