In a 1947 publication approved by Cardinal Spellman of New York, Rituale Romanum, the anti-hate issue was early put into proper perspective:
"The long-range effects of this campaign [to criminalize selected hatreds] are even now evident. It is producing the 'spineless citizen,' the man who has no cultural sensibilities, who is incapable of indignation, who faces moral disaster, political disaster, and impending world catastrophe with a blank and smiling countenance. He has only understanding for the enemies of his country, nothing but kind sentiments for those who would destroy his home and family. He is universally tolerant, totally unprejudiced. If he has any principles he keeps them well concealed. He is a faceless, characterless puttyman."
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