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John Fenner writes:
> Thanks to Cam Gordon, RT Rybak, Gary Schiff and other prominent
> white office-seekers, the Anti-Muslim
> sentiment seems to have cooled substantially. The rally on Peavey
Plaza,
> I read on this very forum, was a success!
> You can now commence patting one another and yourselves on the back.
> You've done Your part to fight bigotry, and
> also to exclude some of Your political competition, so you can point
> fingers at them, as if they are Bigots;
There are a couple of errors here. One, every candidate that could be
reached was invited - one of the points was not to seek political
advantage among political competitors - that tolerance is a value all
Minneapolis candidates share.
Number two, I don't believe any candidate has accused someone who wasn't
there of being a bigot. I think Mr. Fenner is the only one saying this.
While I think it's a fair point to debate how effective the rally will
be in the long run, I know Cam and Patrick intended this only as a
positive statement.
> 'Love Thy Neighbor', I Honestly believe.
> but do so with humility, Please?
I think humility also includes not jumping to wildly speculative
conclusions about those with whom you have an honest disagreement. We
could all use a little bit of this lately.
David Brauer
King Field - Ward 10
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