"Can you respect those who preach hate and war?"

Hate and war? No.

Preach war? No.

Understand the inevitability and sometimes necessity for war? Yes.

Understand that a phrase like "those who preach hate and war" prejudices that answer by asking the question in a way that gets, not to the truth, but to an answer that is given the only way a person who wishes to be thought "reasonable" (without the ability or time to give a long, drawn out explanation) could answer it? Yes.


"Can you tollerate[sic] those who would destroy you for your beliefs?"

I do it every time I log onto the mudcat.