All are welcome? Wolves too?

V Nelson Barnes

22 Aug 2025 — 1 min read

You can say “all are welcome,” but if wolves and sheep are both welcome then you’re only going to get wolves. The smart sheep will go somewhere else and the naive sheep will be eaten and processed. If you welcome Islamophobes and Muslims then you’ll get Islamophobes. If you welcome Klan members and people of color then you’ll get Klan members. If you welcome nativists and immigrants you’ll get nativists.

Refusing to choose is a choice. It’s a choice in favor of the people who prey on others and who refuse to acknowledge the humanity of those they hate.

Original source of this is uncertain. I have seen it on several social media posts.

BTW: as someone who has had experience with sheep: "smart sheep" is an oxymoron.

Who decides who are wolves? I know people who would consider me a "wolf."

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