We need to talk to the people that will listen on why we (conservatives) want to protect our country and why we feel threatened by what is different. Blank statements and fears is what keeps us apart. Yes groups do bad things. But you can't change the heart of a group. But you might be able to change the heart of an individual by being real.
Its the extremist of both sides that all of us fear. Muslims have ISIS and their various religious factions. Liberals have the Weather Underground, Black Live Matters, Jeremiah Wright and Black Liberation theology, anything George Soros touches come to mind. But don't forget Christian Conservatives have Skin Heads and Westboro Baptist Church.
We're afraid. We should be able to defend ourselves. We need to reach out to find out where we really stand with our neighbors and they know where stand. We need to find common ground which I thought this photo portrayed.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3530661/posts
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3530768/posts
Good reads.
I knew several members of the Phelps family, founders of the Westboro Church including a few encounters with Fred himself. They may call themselves a Church but there was no trace of Christ in that group. Seriously, they had real distaste for Christians and I never heard a word of the Gospel come from their lips.
As for the skin heads, have they claimed to be Christian?