I attended a discussion forum tonight entitled “Vectors of Violence: Persecution and Complacency in Nazi Germany and the Great Plains.” The discussion featured several scholars in various fields of study including the removal of Native American tribes (specifically the Cheyenne) from Unites Sates territories, the Holocaust, and immigration policy in America today. A discussant response…

Why are people afraid of confrontation? If you hold any principles at all, you are going to piss off some people. Your views threaten their way of life, you see. You confront their fears and their illusions. You make their bubbles disappear until they are vulnerable and naked. You see, if you don’t speak up,…