[DrReco]

In a world of so much bad news, it is important to also hear about the good.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...inst-hate_n_4571211.html?utm_hp_ref=good-news

I could not be more eloquent than Paul Kearney, who wrote these appropriately beautiful words in the comments of the hyperlinked story:

"I am truly touched by these, and hope that more of us stand up, to the extremists, who are trying to hijack our world. We see so much extreme actions, and hear hate filled rhetoric, ad nauseum, good men must do something, or freedom means nothing."

(From the story)
"7. This teen showed what happens when you respect even those who hate you.

In June of 1996 in Ann Arbor, a fairly liberal town in southeastern Michigan, the Ku Klux Klan scheduled a rally at city hall. When locals heard the news, 300 protestors, including Keshia Thomas, then 18 years old, turned up to to counter the KKK. A mere 17 Klansmen participated in the rally, grossly outnumbered by the protestors. When one white supremacist got mixed in with the counter-demonstration, the event turned violent, with the KKK member falling to the ground getting kicked and beaten with sticks.

People shouted "Kill the Nazi," and it could have turned deadly if not for Thomas, who jumped on top of the man to protect him from the mob's blows. She very well could have saved the life of a man who was there to actively promote hate of people like her -- a man who might not have cared whether she herself lived or died."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...inst-hate_n_4571211.html?utm_hp_ref=good-news

 

[ambos lados]

Inspiring!

May tolerance and compassion be part of everyone's prayers for the renewal of America and the world.

 

[real wowwee]

I guess we are suppose to ignore the fact the rest of the tolerant "good guys" was trying to kick a man to death. I do give the woman kudos for heart and courage.

 

[DrReco]

I guess we are suppose to ignore the fact the rest of the tolerant "good guys" was trying to kick a man to death. I do give the woman kudos for heart and courage.

No we should not ignore it. We should just give more attention to radical acts of kindness as shown there.

Mark 12:43-44 (NIV)
"Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

Her pennies were worth more than their thousands. Her small act of kindness outweighed his and the crowd's groupthink hate.

 

[Kiljoy616]

In a world of so much bad news, it is important to also hear about the good.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...inst-hate_n_4571211.html?utm_hp_ref=good-news

I could not be more eloquent than Paul Kearney, who wrote these appropriately beautiful words in the comments of the hyperlinked story:

"I am truly touched by these, and hope that more of us stand up, to the extremists, who are trying to hijack our world. We see so much extreme actions, and hear hate filled rhetoric, ad nauseum, good men must do something, or freedom means nothing."

(From the story)
"7. This teen showed what happens when you respect even those who hate you.

In June of 1996 in Ann Arbor, a fairly liberal town in southeastern Michigan, the Ku Klux Klan scheduled a rally at city hall. When locals heard the news, 300 protestors, including Keshia Thomas, then 18 years old, turned up to to counter the KKK. A mere 17 Klansmen participated in the rally, grossly outnumbered by the protestors. When one white supremacist got mixed in with the counter-demonstration, the event turned violent, with the KKK member falling to the ground getting kicked and beaten with sticks.

People shouted "Kill the Nazi," and it could have turned deadly if not for Thomas, who jumped on top of the man to protect him from the mob's blows. She very well could have saved the life of a man who was there to actively promote hate of people like her -- a man who might not have cared whether she herself lived or died."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...inst-hate_n_4571211.html?utm_hp_ref=good-news

Is it not great when we peel away the animal in us that we see how some of us react with kindness and others with violence. :thumb:

No one is truly good or evil but shades of grey (not talking about mental disorders here) that most news outlets just don't report. Since Murdoch and his cronies figured out there was more money in pushing hatred from the fringes all we get on the news is just that, one group agains another. Yet all around us different people helping each other are marginalized.

We need more news of people helping each other, but I am wishful thinking and I guess I will take what I can get and keep doing what I have always done, think first before reacting from fear or anger.

 

[Roaver]

These are random feel-good stories, and anomalies.

Think, that 300 blacks/white schills would come and hope to kill white nationalists.

It's their majority oppressing our minority, or it's our majority oppressing their minority. This is true even after 100 years or so of being endlessly told that universal tolerance is possible.

It's true in South Africa, it's true in Zimbabwe, it was true in Haiti, and it's true here.

Meanwhile, here you are displaying people who want the white phenotype and culture to continue to exist as mindless haters. Tell me, is clamoring for your own slide into irrelevance and eventual extinction "compassion", "love", or "hope"? Is giving up your homeland to others with their own goals and motivations "equality" or "color-blindness"? Jesus said that no man has greater love than he that lays down his life for his friends, and yet here you are selling certain doom for your and your friends' grandchildren and way of life.

 

[DrReco]

These are random feel-good stories, and anomalies.

Think, that 300 blacks/white schills would come and hope to kill white nationalists.

It's their majority oppressing our minority, or it's our majority oppressing their minority. This is true even after 100 years or so of being endlessly told that universal tolerance is possible.

It's true in South Africa, it's true in Zimbabwe, it was true in Haiti, and it's true here.

Meanwhile, here you are displaying people who want the white phenotype and culture to continue to exist as mindless haters. Tell me, is clamoring for your own slide into irrelevance and eventual extinction "compassion", "love", or "hope"? Is giving up your homeland to others with their own goals and motivations "equality" or "color-blindness"? Jesus said that no man has greater love than he that lays down his life for his friends, and yet here you are selling certain doom for your and your friends' grandchildren and way of life.

Who I am displaying as haters? Did you read the article? Whose homeland have I offered up for sale? Which side is my side? And to whom am I selling doom?

Your knee jerk reaction reveals the misunderstanding, and pain in your heart. Those "random feel-good stories and anomalies" as you called them, have nothing to do with what you wrote....and should be praised.

Do you even know what you wrote in quoting Jesus? Jesus did not just lay down his life for friends. He laid down his life for men and women who violently opposed him and everything for which he stood.

That one radical act of love is the side I choose young man. Where do you stand?

 

[grant80]

Let us not forget that there's also such a thing as misplaced compassion.

 

[Cool Hand]

Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for the chick named Thomas is with me.

Darwinian rules don't work anymore and we are now suffering the consequences. Loss of resources will eliminate both sides of this equation.

 

[missouri dave]

I love seeing this sort of thing. Reminds me that there are still decent people out there. All isn't doom and gloom just yet.

 

[DrReco]

Let us not forget that there's also such a thing as misplaced compassion.

If I didn't hold the faith I do, then I might agree with this. However, there has been an awful lot of compassion shown me that I haven't deserved.

Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for the chick named Thomas is with me.

Darwinian rules don't work anymore and we are now suffering the consequences. Loss of resources will eliminate both sides of this equation.

I tell all that listen to me that I freely acknowledge that my faith could be misplaced. I just sincerely hope not.

That said, we are suffering the consequences that all men and women since the dawn of mankind have faced. That which we sow, we reap...

 

[ConradCa]

No one should believe something written on the huffington post.

 

[DrReco]

No one should believe something written on the huffington post.

And you believe or doubt other MSM sites as long as they cater to your political leanings?

 

[NectarNook]

I read stories like this all the time. Maybe it's because I stay away from mass media outlets.

Like the two judges who recently ruled anti-gay-marriage laws in their states as unconstitutional. Kudos to them for standing up against all of the bigots in their state! That takes a lot of courage, and I hope they are rewarded for it by the repeal of those unconstitutional laws.

People are people. No matter who you are, if you see oppression, hate, or hostility... stand up against it.

 

[Wise Owl]

Does anyone here actually know an "average racist"? Im not talking about the vermin you see on tv, spouting hate and shouting ***********. I mean real racists. Believe it or not, there are alot of them and they are in all races. And many of them do have close friends in other races. For example, one of the guys who works for me (Tim) absolutely will not date women of another race, and he is black. For him, its a cultural thing. He told me, "you dont see cardinals and blue birds mating, do you? Do you see horses mating with goats?" I know white guys that feel the same. But Tim and another one of my workers (Mark) are best friends. They go fishing together. One is always at the others house. Tim's car broke down and he called Mark at 2am. Mark showed up 45 minutes later. Mark's kids call Tim, Uncle Tim. But neither believes in "mixing" of the races. In case you havent guessed, Mark is white.

 

[Wise Owl]

I read stories like this all the time. Maybe it's because I stay away from mass media outlets.

Like the two judges who recently ruled anti-gay-marriage laws in their states as unconstitutional. Kudos to them for standing up against all of the bigots in their state! That takes a lot of courage, and I hope they are rewarded for it by the repeal of those unconstitutional laws.

People are people. No matter who you are, if you see oppression, hate, or hostility... stand up against it.

Unconstitutional law? Sorry Nectar, but marriage laws are under the jurisdiction of the states. Not every aspect of everyday life is under Federal jurisdiction. Thats why we have a Bill of Rights, to limit the Federal Govt.

 

[dontbuypotteryfromme]

I always liked this story.

 

[East Coast Woods]

Personally feel the lady did a heroic thing. The crowd is a mass of violent idiots who did exactly what the fool on the ground and his buddies desired. The lady is the only one in the picture with commonsense and decency.

I'm pretty sure she is not on the side of the KKK , but both sides are in the wrong.

 

[East Coast Woods]

Does anyone here actually know an "average racist"? Im not talking about the vermin you see on tv, spouting hate and shouting ***********. I mean real racists. Believe it or not, there are alot of them and they are in all races. And many of them do have close friends in other races. For example, one of the guys who works for me (Tim) absolutely will not date women of another race, and he is black. For him, its a cultural thing. He told me, "you dont see cardinals and blue birds mating, do you? Do you see horses mating with goats?" I know white guys that feel the same. But Tim and another one of my workers (Mark) are best friends. They go fishing together. One is always at the others house. Tim's car broke down and he called Mark at 2am. Mark showed up 45 minutes later. Mark's kids call Tim, Uncle Tim. But neither believes in "mixing" of the races. In case you havent guessed, Mark is white.

Agree that there are racist of every color, however as related to marriage does not believing in mixed race marriage make one a racists? That seems to be their beliefs , and being such good friends I question if one would discriminate against the other.

Seems neither are racists, but they just don't believe in mixed marriage. Just as many don't believe illegal aliens should be here by virtue of them being illegal, or are not in favor of the current administration because of their belief in the course this country should take, but others will say they are racist because they voice their opinions concerning an issue involving another race.

 

[East Coast Woods]

I read stories like this all the time. Maybe it's because I stay away from mass media outlets.

Like the two judges who recently ruled anti-gay-marriage laws in their states as unconstitutional. Kudos to them for standing up against all of the bigots in their state! That takes a lot of courage, and I hope they are rewarded for it by the repeal of those unconstitutional laws.

People are people. No matter who you are, if you see oppression, hate, or hostility... stand up against it.

So by having a different opinion, one is classified as a bigot? And this makes you a ?