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We're taught that "education ends bigotry," yet the worst homophobes I've known in my 70+ years were some of my teaching colleagues, followed closely by medical professionals, and electricians. Curious! #bigotry #endbigotry #civilrights #civilrightsmovement #equalrights #equalrightsmovement #racism #sexism #bigotry #homophobia #endsexism #endracism #endhomophoboia #xenophobia #endxenophobia #education #beliefs #mores #superstition #superstitions #bigots #racists #teaching #school #schools

A quotation from Emerson

There is no virtue which is final; all are initial. The virtues of society are the vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Circles,” Essays: First Series, No. 10

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