Hate Grows . . .
It is no surprise that hate grows in Connecticut.
You write that “Outrage at racism should not be divided by political lines,” and in the very next sentence become political in a way that fosters hate.
“[T]he existence of systemic racism” is presumed to be fact, and you warn us away from politicians who don't speak up as loudly as you think they should.
Maybe they are just busy doing their jobs, and don't want to waste their time. What could those you don't like say that wouldn't be twisted by the likes of the Post to be seen as a more “insidious” form of racism?
As Solzhenitsyn reminds us: “The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either – but right through every human heart . . .”
You editorialized “Do not be silent in the face of bigotry. It should have been buried in the past, . . .” Do you acknowledge your hate, or just judge it to be justified?
Try this, say “I hate . . .” and notice how quickly you fill in your word or words: Trump, Republicans, Guns, Racism, Classical Music, Discrimination, Broccoli, Cars, Humans, Anti-Semitism. Then notice how quickly your “hate” of these things will cause you to dismiss the person who says something favorable about any of them.
Maybe then you will realize we are all a little bigoted, and the answer lies not in trying to squelch it, but in allowing the questionable ideas to see the light and be seen as the ridiculous, or the wise, things they are.
Hate is here. It is here because we won't take another's perspective. To those of us a little on the right on some issues, the mainstream press pretty much occurs as purveyors of hate.
I for one am not surprised when that takes the form you lament in your editorial. How could it be otherwise?