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"One person, 32 year old Heather Heyer, was killed in the attack. Nineteen other were wounded".
The Christian Forums user* sat watching, at rapt attention, as news of the alt-right rally in Charlottesville, VA was covered on the national news. They had never seen anything like it before.
"This is terrible! Someone ought to speak out against this...right now!" they said to themselves.
With a harrumph, the Christian Forums user got up from the couch and fired up their computer. Someone needed to take a clear stance on this hatefulness before it matastasized. It was the Christian thing to do.
Opening up christianforums.com, the user clicked on the link for the News & Current Events board. They were delighted to see that a discussion of the events in Charlottesville were already taking place, but that delight turned to sadness as users said mean things about Jason Kessler and Richard Spencer. Won't someone think of the Nazis?
Clicking the 'Post Reply' button, the user fired off a long, spirited post about how Jason Kessler and the other alt-righters at the rally are people too, and how important it is to respect their feelings and First Amendment rights.
My work here is done. Thought the user proudly, as they hit the 'Post' button and called it a day.
* Genericized to avoid picking on any one person
Ringo
Who said we have to respect the feelings of Nazis? Did one person on this thread or even board actually say that?
BTW, the importance of thinking other humans are not "worthless" is not for them. It's for us. It's for our own heart, soul and mind that we should never think this. In my opinion.
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