The rhetoric of hate is often most effective when couched in the idiom of love.
Gore Vidal, Julian (1964), sixth chapter.
1 reply on “Gore Vidal”
Nailed it. Homophobia for the love of Christ, Islamophobic for the love of Christ. Guns for the love of freedom, incendiary speech for the love of freedom, trickery for the love of freedom. Child abuse for the love of tradition, book banning for the love of tradition, child abuse for the love of tradition, all of it draped in a flag carrying a cross. If this was another country we would not think well of them.
1 reply on “Gore Vidal”
Nailed it. Homophobia for the love of Christ, Islamophobic for the love of Christ. Guns for the love of freedom, incendiary speech for the love of freedom, trickery for the love of freedom. Child abuse for the love of tradition, book banning for the love of tradition, child abuse for the love of tradition, all of it draped in a flag carrying a cross. If this was another country we would not think well of them.