"Great..lets go out and burn all those books!!!!keept those home fires burning .
lets overlook the fact that people hate and will find find any excuse needed to justify their hate.
lets blame it all on one or two writters from way back in history and we will all feel better and pure again."
Amazing. How you get to book burning from statutes of limitations is beyond me.
As to overlooking that people hate, there is a difference between Luther's, Hitler's, Stalin's, and Pol Pot's hatred and
your hatred. And that difference can be measured in the consequences of their acts and yours. In the case of Luther, yes, he lived in an anti-semitic time to which, in his younger days, he was somewhat opposed. That changed over time to rabid anti-semitism. With the catastrophic results we know today.
People learn to hate, they are not born that way. Which Luther knew.
"You’ve got to be taught to hate and fear,
You’ve got to be taught from year to year,
It’s got to be drummed in your dear little ear—
You’ve got to be carefully taught
You’ve got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a different shade—
You’ve got to be carefully taught.
You’ve got to be taught before it’s too late—
Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people your relatives hate—
You’ve got to be carefully taught!
You’ve got to be carefully taught![2]"
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