Talking Back to Hate

Talking Back to Hate is United Religion Initiative's campaign to engage the global community to take a positive stand against hate through advocacy, education, dialogue, and solidarity.

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Love this music video, "Thank You Hater," by Clever Pie and Isabel Fay. Think of this song if cyberbullies get you down!

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Let's Call "Trolling" What it Really Is: Hate Speech

In so many of the instances in which the popular press (and the general public) apply the label "trolling," they're referring to sincere statements from people who believe every word they're saying. These alleged "trolls" have myriad intentions that may include getting a rise out of their target, but also include silencing their target, humiliating their target, inspiring fear or emotional distress in their target, etc etc etc. It's not provocation merely for provocation's sake, and the stakes are much higher. We don't need special Internet words for hate speech, harassment, or death threats. These words already exist.

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Psychologist Chaundrissa Smith discusses the psychological and sociological profile of the bully.

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Beautiful message from Turkey to Greece to show solidarity against fascism. Found on Global Voices Online.

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Sometimes we just need a friend to sit with us and say that everything is going to be OK. These kids remind us that in these moments "huggin’ it out [makes] everything better".

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What happens when a little boy asks Santa to stop his sister's bullying...

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Today, Lakota, Dakota, Anishinabe, Apache, African, Irish, German, Norwegian, Spanish, and other anti-racist individuals stood together to fight against the attempted nazi takeover of Leith, North Dakota.

In the first 7 photos, activists led by indigenous resistors can be seen making a presence to ensure that neo nazi/confederate fascists know they have no chance of taking over Leith.

In the 8th and 10th photos, police are protecting neo nazis/confederates, making sure they’re allowed to continue with their white power nonsense.

In the end, it was people power that sent the supporters of these nazi cowards home. Today, anti-racist resistance made it quite clear that the attempted nazi takeover of Leith will be a total failure. In the second to last photo, nazis retreat as the defeated cowards they are.

Live updates throughout the protest were available via: 

http://unitynd.com/unitynd-leith-rally-protest-live/

Primary sources for photos and info via @drjumpingeagle, @245NorthMain, and @lastrealindians​ on twitter

Background information: http://anti-imperialism.com/2013/09/21/emergency-action-nsm-setting-up-nazi-town-in-rural-usa/

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Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Robert Frost

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Beautiful acts of kindness linked together. From our partners at Not in Our Town.

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A Cheerios commercial showed a mixed raced couple and set off a firestorm of negative responses: see how "Kids React" broke it down.

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"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." - Nelson Mandela, from The Long Walk to Freedom

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In Lak'ech (I Am You or You Are Me) Tú eres mi otro yo. Si te hago daño a ti, Me hago daño a mi mismo. Si te amo y respeto, Me amo y respeto yo. You are my other me. If I do harm to you, I do harm to myself. If I love and respect you, I love and respect myself. - Mayan-inspired poem, "Pensamiento Serpentino," by Luiz Valdez (1971).