Don't be tempted by the shiny apple
Don't you eat of a bitter fruit
Hunger only for a taste of justice
Hunger only for a world of truth
'Cause all that you have is your soul

I am not so much interested in critiquing artaxastra's specific postBut I do think that getting to know the Other is really important.  I think a lot of people are scared of the people on the other side because they don't understand them.  And I think this is true of/on both sides.  I think it's harder to demonize people when you actually know them ( Read more... )

The If you truly believe in gay rights, then repost this and title the post as "Gay Rights". If you don't believe in gay rights, then just ignore this. meme has been showing up more and more on my flist. (I'd mostly been seeing it, and the backlash thereto, on friendsfriends.) The first time I saw it on my flist I didn't have a strong reaction ( Read more... )