[ilbegone]

Some food for thought, Twoller:

the enemy is seen as being evil in all possible ways, with the implied and often express message that he should be physically eliminated. This is perhaps the most important distinction between these extremist movements and moderate opinion. The latter can muster respect, no matter how grudging, for a common humanity of the opponent while the former will make no such allowance. http://www.fringegroups.com/2008/06/...tribution.html

How does one rationalize murder in their own mind? How are they able to get to the point where they become OK with taking another life?

The answer unfortunately, is simple – they have to dehumanize the subject in their own to the point where they feel as if they aren’t taking a life. http://outtheotherear.wordpress.com/...towards-murder

The propaganda machine portrays the victim group as less than human. In Rwanda, the Hutus called their Tutsi neighbors 'cockroaches.' In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge said their victims were "worms." To the Nazis, Jews were "vermin."

Dehumanization is the most powerful psychological tool used in all mass murder and genocides, Zimbardo said. "Dehumanization blurs your vision. You look at these people and you do not see them as human."

Instead, the enemy is treated as a germ -- as something to eradicate, or else face the threat of infection.


http://www.cfcamerica.org/index.php?...news&Itemid=96

The above quotes very well describes your mode as well as what you actually do have in common with Don despite the denial:

Don, go hurl yourself off a cliff. You have already shamed yourself by insisting that people attending a Ku Klux Klan meeting is something to find encouragement in.

Twoller, you might as well just suit up and torch the cross - You have all the qualifications to fit right in with the white sheet brigade.