Exposed to the Light
Standing up against evil and darkness in all its forms is an ongoing, life-long struggle. It is generational and will require good people to stand up as long as humanity exists. It feels like a futile effort when we see hate result in death and loss, but it matters that we stand. It matters that we don't give up.
Generally, one of the best ways to expose terrible ideas for what they are is to let the idiots who believe them talk long enough to reveal that they are idiots with terrible ideas. People who are going to believe garbage will do so even if they have to find those ideas in secret and sometimes the bad ideas are more appealing and easier to adopt when they are something secret and hidden. Daylight exposure has a bad effect on ugliness and evil even among sympathizers. The "Unite The Right" march and all the terrible things that followed were a tragedy for our country from the loss of life to the more fundamental questions about who we are as a country, but it was also a blast of daylight exposure to terrible ideas which have not held up well even among groups and people who have withheld reaction up until now. There is a different tone and a different reaction to this which goes deeper into various political circles than we have seen with previous incidents. Bad ideas and those who hold to them in this case are becoming more isolated and more separated from support both direct and tacit. We saw dangerous ideology at work this past weekend. We saw the logical consequences of hate played out to an inevitable conclusion. It is dangerous and it attracts like-minded people of hate. It also suffers from exposure and the more times these groups try to rally and speak out about their terrible ideas, the more repugnant they will become to good people in our country and to people who would rather stay out of it all as well. There is very little we can do to make hate look uglier than to let it be seen and heard even as we stand firm against it.
This video link goes to some encouragement related to continuing a personal struggle.
I Should Be Used to This by Now
Generally, one of the best ways to expose terrible ideas for what they are is to let the idiots who believe them talk long enough to reveal that they are idiots with terrible ideas. People who are going to believe garbage will do so even if they have to find those ideas in secret and sometimes the bad ideas are more appealing and easier to adopt when they are something secret and hidden. Daylight exposure has a bad effect on ugliness and evil even among sympathizers. The "Unite The Right" march and all the terrible things that followed were a tragedy for our country from the loss of life to the more fundamental questions about who we are as a country, but it was also a blast of daylight exposure to terrible ideas which have not held up well even among groups and people who have withheld reaction up until now. There is a different tone and a different reaction to this which goes deeper into various political circles than we have seen with previous incidents. Bad ideas and those who hold to them in this case are becoming more isolated and more separated from support both direct and tacit. We saw dangerous ideology at work this past weekend. We saw the logical consequences of hate played out to an inevitable conclusion. It is dangerous and it attracts like-minded people of hate. It also suffers from exposure and the more times these groups try to rally and speak out about their terrible ideas, the more repugnant they will become to good people in our country and to people who would rather stay out of it all as well. There is very little we can do to make hate look uglier than to let it be seen and heard even as we stand firm against it.
This video link goes to some encouragement related to continuing a personal struggle.
I Should Be Used to This by Now
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