14 Unexpected Responses To Hatred

DrReco said:

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

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Wise Owl said:

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.

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