I love this. Especially the end.<p>Every time I read anything about "social justice", all I see is shunning and hate. Fighting racism, nazism, sexism,... I'm all for that. But if you become just like your enemy, what's the point? You're just another whatever-ist.<p>It's just getting ridiculous. Some countries (hello mother France!) have anti-racism laws. A common french saying is "Racism is not an opinion, it's a crime". There you go, fine the racists, send them all to jail,... All this does is give fuel to their idea of "The <people-you-dont-like> lobby is in cahoots with our government, it's a conspiracy". The idea spreads underground like rotten water and nobody ever tries to clean it.
Daryl Davis did a Reddit AMA: <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/uo2qv/i_am_daryl_davis_black_man_who_befriended_kkk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/uo2qv/i_am_daryl_davis...</a><p>There is also a great Snap Judgment story about this: <a href="http://snapjudgment.org/silver-dollar-lounge" rel="nofollow">http://snapjudgment.org/silver-dollar-lounge</a>
He must have an incredible personality, to be able to approach people predisposed to hate him and win them over every time... not many people could or would do that.