Reply #77: Why do I even reply in these threads?

[Bertha Venation]

I wind up stirring shit that I can't then handle.

"You're making a false comparison to try and equate my hatred of the bigot enemy as being the same as their irrational bigoted faith-based hatred of me. It's not the same."

No, I'm not. That I have led you to believe this is what I'm doing is obviously my error, and I'm sorry.

That it seems like I judge you because you hate -- well, I can't help it if that's how it seems. I don't know what else to say about that. Do I wish people wouldn't hate? Absolutely. Would I impose my will on you if I could? Not a chance.

FTR, to me, the partisanship of the current political climate -- as reflected here on DU, even in the lounge -- is disgusting. Stark, angry divisions between "us" and "them" are disgusting. Would that we could all march to the same drummer, but we can't; I understand the kind of political division that makes our system work. But as it is today? Polarized to the extreme? Hell yes, it disgusts me.

The expression of abject hatred and rage in reaction to the immediate news of the death of a young man disgusted me yesterday. Dancing on fresh graves disgusts me! I'll be damned if I'm going to keep that opinion (or any other) to myself when all others are expressing their opinions.

"Feel free to let them walk all over you while you set a good example for them of how NOT to hate."

No one is walking all over me. That I try not to hate these homophobes does not mean that I don't fight for our equality, Allen. I'm not sure how you got that impression. I don't have to hate to fight what's wrong in the world.