'When I Look at You, I Don't Think Master Race!' Yes, I Told Neo-Nazis That to Their Faces
In my experience, bullies hate it when someone dares to stand up to them. That's why I decided to confront members of the Goyim Defense League -- with facts.
In these early posts on Hate Comes to Main Street, I will share how this journey began for me. I hope you will find this publication to be part of an important conversation and will spread the word!
Growing up in a fundamentalist household in rural Middle Tennessee, as a child, I was enthralled by the thought-provoking suggestion of a hymn that called upon worshippers to place themselves at the foot of the cross.
“Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?”
As I grew older and expanded my horizons, that sort of intellectual imagination became a normal part of my attempt to wrestle with the past.
What if I had been present at various climactic moments in history? What role would I have played? Which side would I have c…
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