Hate is a Four-Letter Word

 
 "I don't hate you...I just don't like that you exist."
Gena Showalter, Seduce the darkness 
 
 
    It seems to me that everyone understands the definition of the word "hate," but an equal number also thinks that hate only resides in the dark hearts of others. 
 
   Many years ago, I had an employee who enjoyed telling folks who proclaimed, "I hate that (inanimate object)" by telling them, "You can't hate something that can't hate you back."  However, we can, evidently, hate those "things" that can hate us back.
 
   In today's world of hate, it is now being weaponized to divide people.  And we need look no further than our own administration in Washington D.C.  From the earliest days of Donald Trump's campaign for the presidency, he pulled together a group of  hard-core "toughs" who came to be known as his "base."  There were raucous and fed off the outlandish tirades of their leader.  In time, their leader began feeding off the thuggish ways of his "toughs" and so began a campaign that ended in the Oval Office.
 
   To some, it is questionable as to who yelled fire in the theatre first, but they definitely came to rely on each other for the thus-far-successful "hate baiting" schemes.
 
   It is amazing to me that one president, a few of his ilk in the inner circle, a few hard-core of the Grand Old Party (fully understanding that most of the GOP do not see him as a member of the party, but rather a leader of his own "band of renegades"), and a relatively handful representing his "base" are able to commit mutiny on America.
 
   How did this happen?
 
   Better to ask, "Who let it happen?"
 
   Hate is rearing its ugly head around the world.  And if that isn't frightening enough, think about the fact that our president is being quoted by many of these hate groups and individuals!  He is being seen as the spokesman for White Supremacy.
 
   Too many young people in America - and around the world - believe that a place where people of different color, religions, lifestyles, and ethnicities is wrong.  And, worse yet, they feel driven to change the landscape. 
 
   Isn't it time for someone to grab the reins of this runaway horde of haters before we all go over the cliff?
 
   For instance, like both parties of congress? 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 


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