I did what?

So my nephew posted the following on Facebook:

"Joseph Moore wonders why all of his text books are completely in English, but in the glossary they have both spanish and english terms. (no racism intended)"

Good point. Maybe they just printed the same glossary for both the English and Spanish versions. Who knows? But here's what his friend posted in reply:

"Too many people who cant speak english in our country (a little racisim intended)."

OK, so a 14-year-old kid has an ignorant point of view. Who cares?

For some reason I can't explain, I do. I felt compelled to respond to this post and lecture this kid on intolerance and how arbitrary it is to presume any sort of superiority based on the language you were raised to speak. Will he make fun of me? Yes, definitely. Will he actually think about what I said? No, definitely not.

But I couldn't help it. I get so worked up and frustrated whenever I see/hear such blatantly ridiculous and hurtful things, no matter what the source. I have no problem with opposing points of view, but not when those points of view are completely bigoted and/or unfounded.

"You're being intolerant of intolerance and therefore completely contradicting yourself" Fox News would say. True. Promoting tolerance means we must accept EVERYTHING, including child molestation, incest, etc. All or nothing. God or Satan. Black or white.

Otherwise we're simply lost souls, with no moral directive. I, for one, am just waiting to find out my next move. Who knows, maybe it will be to start up another argument with a 9th grader.