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Don’t feed the trolls.

I take a moral stance against book burning - destroying any written word is anathema. 

I protest it, but I protest any hand against it. It is expression, and to control expression is to acknowledge the attempt to control thought. 

I can think a thought is wrongheaded, and I can speak out against it. I cannot forcefully quell the thought. Nor can anyone - no matter the weapons they muster against it. Truly, to bring the weapons of censorship and governmental control to bear would only bring the thought battled against to the brink of martyrdom.

The only way to confront such overt hate is with logical discourse. And when you have outlawed a certain thought, you have outlawed logical discourse by proxy. 

Unfortunately, the minds lead to such hate are leadened against any thoughtful discourse that might sway them from such paths. Bringing debate to them only hardens them in their ways.

What is left?

Let the sparked kindling smolder. Do not give it that which it needs to burst aflame: attention is the air that breathes life into the fire that is hate.

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    Life…act II, pg. 60: Don’t feed the trolls. It’s...rest of us to ask this guy (and he’s...
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    Well spoken Jon; I love the sentiment, and completely agree, except…we are at war, and it’s been noted that the enemy...
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