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Nelson 'the face of hate'
Issue date: 4/20/05 Section: Editorial/Opinion
Just as academics finally ended "polite discussions" with their students during other battles for civil rights, and moved on to actually DOING something about hate and discrimination, I would like to thank the faculty member who spoke to the offending student/writer with a real passion about his distaste for continued hate directed at gays among other minorities in this country.
Those who would spread misinformation to confuse, lie, and humiliate minorities are the students in your classroom, your pastors, your next-door neighbors. They are the faces of the avuncular Jerry Falwell, or the ever-smiling Pat Robertson. They are also the faces of people who say homosexuals are not good people and urge their continued isolation in the "closets" of society.
The smiling, seemingly innocent faces of the Falwells, Robertsons and this student columnist, who was rightly brought to task, are the faces of hate.
Please don't be fooled by them. The last thing they are interested in is an "exchange of ideas."
Sincerely,
Michael Vocino
Professor
Library and Film Studies
Those who would spread misinformation to confuse, lie, and humiliate minorities are the students in your classroom, your pastors, your next-door neighbors. They are the faces of the avuncular Jerry Falwell, or the ever-smiling Pat Robertson. They are also the faces of people who say homosexuals are not good people and urge their continued isolation in the "closets" of society.
The smiling, seemingly innocent faces of the Falwells, Robertsons and this student columnist, who was rightly brought to task, are the faces of hate.
Please don't be fooled by them. The last thing they are interested in is an "exchange of ideas."
Sincerely,
Michael Vocino
Professor
Library and Film Studies
