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"Our nation, historically bursting with generosity toward strangers, remains remarkably unkind toward its own. Just under our gleaming patina of inclusiveness, we harbor corroding guts. America, I tell you that it doesn’t matter how many times you brush your teeth. If your insides are rotting your breath will stink. So, how do you people choose which hate to embrace, which to forgive with a wink and a week in rehab, and which to protest? Where’s my copy of that rule book?"

HARVEY FIERSTEIN, actor and playright, wrote the above article in response to the Don Imus episode.  I'm betting that it is hard for many people to read an opinion like that.  I'm also willing to be there are many people who read it and dismiss it.  I don't understand racism, sexism, homophomism or any other ism that separates us as a people from each other.  I know a few individuals who are bigots with a capital B.  Luckily I rarely have to see them and my kids don't have to be associated with them daily.  An article like the above they would either dismiss in whole or pay lip service.

I know it's a simplified view, but why can't people just accept each other for how they are?