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Originally posted by Hefficide
Bigotry is a subject that really gets me angry,
Let's face it... we don't really see much textbook bigotry in this world any longer. We see hatred and fear. We hate what doesn't agree with us and we fear that which we cannot agree with.
Originally posted by woodwardjnr
Good to see in this election year, with an economy in crisis, America is really concentrating on the big issues.
Originally posted by Hefficide
reply to post by Superhans
To be clear, I have no wish to enforce tolerance of anything. I believe that people have a right to whatever opinions or ideas they wish to harbor.
I do, however, believe that we need basic protections against people being able to socially excersize their opinions in certain situations - like hiring, providing services, renting or selling of property, etc.
My point is that if we spent time, as individuals, realizing that offense is a two way street -one has to be seeking offense to be offended in the first place ( most of the time ) - and learning to understand our own roles in that process... there would be much less hatred and bigotry in this world.
~Heff
Originally posted by woodwardjnr
reply to post by silent thunder
tbh, I didn't even know what it was all about, just kept seeing "Chick Fill a" on my Twitter trends. I thought it was an American hip hop artist at first, but after finding out a little more I find out It's a fast food restaurant.
GLAAD President Herndon Graddick said the protest stems not from Cathy’s comments, but from the millions of dollars his company has poured into “anti-gay hate groups.”
In 2010, WinShape, the non-profit foundation created by Cathy and largely supported by Chick-fil-A, gave more than $1 million to the Marriage & Family Foundation and $37,000 to the National Institute of Marriage, both of which promote defining marriage as between one man and one woman.
abcnews.go.com...