It is necessary to mobilize what is lacking in those who hate: the ability for irony, for doubt, and the vision of an open society. Carolin Emcke, one of the most important intellectuals of our time, addresses the great issues of our era—racism, fanaticism, and anti-democracy—in her passionate essay "Against Hate." In an increasingly polarized and fragmented public sphere, a way of thinking prevails that allows doubt only about the positions of others, but not about one's own. In contrast to this dogmatic thinking, which ignores nuances, Carolin Emcke offers a praise of the polyphonic, of the "impure"—because this is how the freedom of the individual and of those who deviate must be protected. Only with the courage to oppose hate and the willingness to endure and negotiate plurality can democracy be realized.