God hated Babel
Kids are smart and I don’t talk down to mine. I ask them questions, like, “what is racist?”
“Dad,” one son said, “when you call someone a racial epithet, that is racist.”
“OK,” I reply, “but what raises the use of a racial epithet from rude or inconsiderate or boorish to ‘racist?’ Racist is a special word — it is the unforgivable sin in our culture. Why is calling a man an epithet worse than killing him? And, why can Negros call negros the ’N’ word but others may not?”
To dear daughter I asked, “do you believe it is right to impose your morality of someone else?”
“No,” she replied, “of course not, that’s just wrong.” …