It's easy for the more rational person to dismiss such people as ignorant and move on. I think it's important to understand where people like this are coming from. Clearly this big bald guy is scared and his fear has led him to anger, outrage. Where will that lead him next?
In response to this post, I commented: "The easiest way to control people; fear. Make them think their way of life is being threatened. Those who perceive imminent threat will say and do all kinds of crazy things. Hate speech enjoys no constitutional protections, yet it's not enforced as illegal, even if it incites violence. It's irrational and unjust. How do we combat this? Love and understanding. Beautiful concepts against an enormously large scale uphill battle. Scale it down and just practice acts of kindness."
What would happen if we turned off our TVs, our radios, web broadcasts and social media? How differently would we perceive our world through our own observations of life in the here and now of our direct spheres? What would change?
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