Hello, I think I hate you.

Why do people hold fast to outdated prejudices of the past? Do they even know why they do the things they do or feel the way they feel? If they had to get prior approval from the Central Committee of Acceptable Practices in Regard to Basic Human Rights, how would they plead their case to be given license to engage in hateful, hurtful, non-productive bad behavior?

Why are people endowed with the unconditional birthright to express hatred, discrimination, and the disenfranchisement of entire races or innocuous groups of people by hiding behind freedom of speech or the right to assembly? Are there not good laws to prevent bad behavior?

Do we allow organizations that teach people how to yell “fire!” in a crowded theater to be free to advocate and teach this behavior to others? Is there any justifiable reason to accept this practice because of a right of assembly or freedom to express one’s speech?

Which of the following do you think are the names of actual organizations?

Aryan Terror Brigade

United Society of Aryan Racist Skinheads

Islam: The religion of peace and a big stack of dead bodies

Nuwaubian Nation of Moors

America's Invisible Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

National Association for the Advancement of White People

Women for Aryan Unity

Tri-State Terror

Oh hell, you've already figured out that they all are legitimate organizations within the U.S. 

 

 

How is that our society is going in THIS direction?

Reality Check: 001

“It is time we realize that belief is not a private matter. As a man believes, so he will act. Believe that you are a member of a chosen people, awash in the salacious exports of an evil culture that is turning your children away from God, believe that you will be rewarded with an eternity of unimaginable delights by dealing death to these infidels—and flying a plane into a building is only a matter of being asked to do it.”

― Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason