Programs Fear can close minds To the editor, I was frustrated and angered by Mr. Alderink's letter in the Sept. 23 edition of the Wildcat . According to Mr. Alderink, you can dislike homosexuals without having any fear of them. First, I believe that fear comes in many forms. Being afraid of a homosexual does not necessarily mean you scream and run in the opposite direction. It is true that humans tend to fear what they do not understand.
Fear can manifest itself in hasty judgments, unkind thoughts and unfair assumptions.
Most significantly, fear can close off one's mind to change. Imagine the special feature this publication ran last week about homosexuals was instead about any other minority group on campus. I hope people such as Mr. Alderink can open their minds just a bit. They might find that their previous ways of thinking were based not in true experience, but in an unjust, preconceived notion. There are plenty of people that harbor homophobic views and act upon them, and the words that you chose to express your beliefs in this letter are obviously of this nature.