SEEING RED

Last night I ended up waiting at church until quite late for a group of young women to make it back to the chapel.

And a group of us parents were chatting about various random subjects; family, visitors, jobs.


But two of the gentlemen began exchanging 'war stories' about law enforcement situations.  
And since my husband began his military career as an MP, I was listening.

And heard the following exchange:

"This black guy was like crazy on drugs, it took six men to hold him down, he was fighting so hard!"

"Oh, then they should have gotten the dogs out; we used to use German Shepherds as police dogs, and you know how they go straight for them."



"Yeah, you're right, they're especially scared of dogs for just that reason!"

(and yes, the emphasis was in their speech)

(and yes, these two dudes are white)

It made me very, very sad.

PREJUDICE IS PREJUDICE

This article was posted on Facebook by an group I follow:

http://progressivepopulist.org/2013/10/02/incredible-letter-from-grandfather-to-his-daughter-after-she-kicks-out-his-gay-grandson/

This bothers me. A lot.

Take a moment to read the ENTIRE letter from the grandfather below:

I'm sorry, this is just as stupid, it just as narrow-minded and ignorant as kicking the boy out of the house for being gay! Yes, our children make choices that we may not approve of - but they are still our children.

And being bigoted and narrow-minded in one respect does NOT justify repaying that with YOU being bigoted and narrow-minded.

I hate to see this 'repayment' get lost in the gay-aspect of this situation. BOTH of these actions are narrow-minded, mean, and non-Christ-like in the extreme.

What do you think?