because right speech takes more than just noble silence

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from Linda Patton

That I have to write this letter to a deeply realized Buddhist tradition utterly confuses me.  Our tradition speaks so clearly about discrimination.  There is discrimination in our midst.  How can we call ourselves Buddhists if this exists?   What more can be said????

New York, USA - 4 Dec 2009