AUTHOR
Deanne Macdonald
Business consultant and student of life.
TOLERANCE
The government cannot regulate kindness. It is you and me that can really make a difference. And no matter what anyone would have you believe, you actually can make a difference.
ANTI-RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDA
Attacks on religions are rarely based on facts. They are the most alarming lies that can be foisted off on those who react emotionally without ever thinking it through. Tell an intelligent man that those people over there are slaughtering babies and he will go look and find out for himself.
MEDIA & ETHICS
Some years ago, my local Church of Scientology was in a legal battle with an individual who was violating the law. We took him to court and eventually won. What we didn’t win was the battle with fake news.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
How Disney feels comfortable coming down on that side of the fence is beyond me. Apparently, their real values are not family values.
TOLERANCE
We are supposed to be living in an enlightened age, but instead we seem to be devolving into a society of bullies who, ironically, pride themselves on being “tolerant”— but only of what they deem fit to tolerate.
TOLERANCE
This lawyer wanted my friend to make a generalization about two groups of people rather than allow her to judge the case by the individuals concerned.
RELIGIOUS LITERACY
“Life is short—live it up.” This seems to be the mantra I hear more and more every day. Now, I’m all about fun. I think things should be fun. I think everyone should have some, I really do. But, there’s more to life than that.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
I had a very interesting thing happen to me recently. My church was sponsoring a Human Rights Symposium and I got a true look at just how damaging lies can be. There’s a bit of background to this, so please bear with me.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
I met a very nice Persian man who was Jewish. His family was driven out of Iran because they were Jewish. Then in America he experienced a great deal of discrimination and bullying because he was from the Middle East.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Some of the nicest people you know might be Scientologists, but people who weren’t very nice and were kicked out have made many others think we aren’t. I have to live with that and I don’t really like it.
