Hemant Mehta shared<\/a> the above image from a counter-protest to Westboro Baptist Church's protest at a Lorde concert. <\/p>\nThat is what it means to counter-protest. Responding to hate with hate is simply joining in the hatred, not objecting to it.<\/p>\n
To take a stand against hatred, your words and actions need to express the opposite of hatred.<\/p>\n
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Hemant Mehta shared the above image from a counter-protest to Westboro Baptist Church’s protest at a Lorde concert. That is what it means to counter-protest. Responding to hate with hate is simply joining in the hatred, not objecting to it. To take a stand against hatred, your words and actions need to express the opposite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[2103,4438,4528,6712,9666,13658],"class_list":["post-22435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-religion","tag-concert","tag-hatred","tag-hemant-mehta","tag-lorde","tag-protest","tag-westboro-baptist-church"],"yoast_head":"\n
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