But there are still people out there who wholeheartedly believe that some people are less human than others simply because of the color of their skin. In fact, if you were to poll people and get honest answers out of them, I’d be willing to be it’s more than just a handful of individuals.
It doesn’t matter that there is no true indicator that any one ‘race’ is genetically disposed to be worse than any other (cultures, on the other hand, definitely have a strong influence), it doesn’t matter how many papers are written about it, it doesn’t matter how few people really believe it, bigots think it so and even feel more people believe what they do.
The gun-bigots like japete and her vile organization are in good company.
Sure, some other small minded people believe what they believe, but not enough. We are marginalizing them, and that’s good. Unfortunately, the politicians are not going to always listen to their constituents, and it doesn’t take but a handful of bigots to cause problems, and where they can’t get the will of the people to coincide with their wishes, they’ll just attempt to force it down our throats through other means.
That’s a fight we need to keep fighting until ridiculous gun laws are as dangerous to a politician as racial segregation.