Those that are different bring change. Change is bad. Change is EVIL. Change takes what you have now and then you will have nothing, for no Change is good. Evolution is Change. Fear Evolution. Fear what the Beagle tells you. Resist change. Resist differences. Resistence is feudal.

anyhow the fear/hate connection so sad, so true. when in high school my two older children participated in a summer “camp” experience called “anytown” in which socially, ethnically, racially, religiously (you get it) diverse teenagers are brought together for a few days to enhance understanding and promote tolerence. anytown’s premise is that hatred is born of fear, fear is born of lack of knowledge and lack of knowlege is the product of lack of personal interaction and resultant stereotyping. the anytown experience has proven over many, many years that once these stereotypes are dispelled by personal experience and the fear factor removed these teenagers are incapable of maintaining hatred.

it is remarkable to hear these kids recount to their surprise that so many things they had been told throughout their lives were true–were in fact lies.
the sad reality is we now find ourselves is a political environment in which fear of “the other” has been legitimized and hate-mongering an acceptable stable of national policy.

i know i waved this banner is the past-but we should all be scared s—less, fearing for our country’s democratic future.