Hate's last stand (Mark Morford)

[struggle4progress]

It's racism and homophobia, neck and neck, down to the wire. Can they hang on?
By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Wednesday, October 29, 2008

... Let's not be naive. Just because it looks like the Western world is about to get its first black intellectual president, just because the nation's most influential and populous state could very possibly decide, finally and forevermore, that two adults of the same gender can get married without the cruel hammer of religious ignorance crashing down upon their heads, well, this can't possibly be a sign that racism and homophobia, two of our three most revered national pastimes (don't forget the sexism!) are going away anytime soon.

Unless it can. Unless some of our darkest cultural demons could finally be up for a major exorcism. Could it be true? Could this vote, at the very least, be one hell of a giant step forward in the fight against two toxic beliefs that have poisoned the American mindset for ages? Let me suggest: You're damn right it could ...

The message is this: You do not have to change your beliefs. You do not have to budge an inch on your views. You are still free to hate black people, still free to fear gay people (or demean women) all you like. It's simply that we as an Obama-led, gender-inclusive nation no longer have any real use for your brand of poison. We are done with you.

And if that's not a magnificent jolt of progress, I don't know what is.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/10/29/notes102908.DTL

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Morford is always an excellent read..

[Old and In the Way]

2. I'm looking forward to a little enlightenment after 8 years of the Dark Ages.

Nothing like a little enlightenment to get the knuckledraggers scampering to find shade under some rocks.

[depakid]

3. It's going to be interesting to see Morford start ranting in the positive

Has he ever really done that before?

[diane in sf]

4. Yes, Morford has ranted in the positive, this article is an example