lawgator1
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Was listening to him on the radio coming back from lunch and he was asked the question whether he thought that the Kansas shooter was too old, too set in his ways, to be rehabilitated from his prejudices.
Dershowitz responded, and I'm going to have to synopsize:
-- The best solution to prejudice against Jews, or against any group for that matter, is to realize that most prejudices are based in the abstract. People hate Muslims because they don't know many, sometimes none. Same with Jews.
-- he recounted that his wife when she was a school girl in South Carolina actually had a fellow student inspect her to see if she had horns. They became best friends.
-- some within these groups you will like. Some you won't. But it won't be because of the stereotypes. It will be because you like the person or you don't.
-- he is against any form of censorship of bias-based groups and instead says the path to defeating their prejudices is in having them personally introduced to the people they hate.
Wise words, if you ask me.
Dershowitz responded, and I'm going to have to synopsize:
-- The best solution to prejudice against Jews, or against any group for that matter, is to realize that most prejudices are based in the abstract. People hate Muslims because they don't know many, sometimes none. Same with Jews.
-- he recounted that his wife when she was a school girl in South Carolina actually had a fellow student inspect her to see if she had horns. They became best friends.
-- some within these groups you will like. Some you won't. But it won't be because of the stereotypes. It will be because you like the person or you don't.
-- he is against any form of censorship of bias-based groups and instead says the path to defeating their prejudices is in having them personally introduced to the people they hate.
Wise words, if you ask me.