Republican's Burden

[H2O Man]

19. You raise a

very important point. We have to know the distinction between confronting "hate," and confronting the "haters." It's important to oppose hate at all times. Yet, we should confront the haters at a time and circumstance of our advantage. We do best when we pick that time carefully -- though in real life, there may be times when we are confronted with individual hater's venom. If we exercise this type of planning, and confront injustice this way, we find that we don't need to hate them. Rather, we recognize them as confused, ignorant, and fearful people who are not fully human in terms of ethical development.