Reply #10: It seems to me Xenophobia Should not be supported here on DU. [View All]

[radio4progressives]

We dealt with this issue for about two solid weeks...

the bottom line and most important message was: spreading hate, bigotry and xenophobic rhetoric is not the way to deal with the issue rationally.

Wars happen because people refuse to try to and understand cultural differences. What is being fomented by the xenophobes is kind of cultural and ethnic conflict.. Throughout Human history, and most especially here in the United States, have shown that these conflicts have a way of escalating to actual warfare.

Study, history. Study Cultures. Study our own history. THINK. and then THINK again. Stop fomenting hatred and fear by listening carefully. And then Listen again only more carefully before spewing more vitrolic rhetoric.