Hate kills. All hate kills.
I admit it. At first, the title of this post was something weak and whiny like "Stand with me against hate!" Later, I changed it to an equally pathetic plea, "Take a stand with me against hate!" Then, I realized it. I'd been spending way too much time at middle school with my 6th grader, looking at the club signs, on the school grounds, there. So, let me say this differently, now. I'll say what I mean as adult to adult, as possible. Hate kills. All hate kills. Homophobic rage. Racist rage. Rage kills. We have to stamp out the fires of rage before they become a sick wildfire. Hate is a part of us, the potential for this is in our human DNA. However, what make us human is to recognise it's a constant defect we must check ourselves against. It does exist, but so does cancer. Both are not something we want to encourage. My father served in WWII. The holocaust is only one generation away. Hate kills. And hate is contagious. We need to take action