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[godasmywitness]

I can’t bear this hatred, this malice that seems to be built into every human being. People can so easily slip from logical, intelligent, compassionate men and women into monsters fueled by blind hatred. Sometimes I think it’s the most powerful thing in the world, that hatred…it’s raw and it’s coarse and it cuts deep. It can rip through flesh,

Comments

[thatsaloadofbs]

you are amazing. thank you.

[honorguideme]

I agree with the majority of what you say. I assume you would disagree with me when I say that at times hatred is good or at least a necessary evil?

[lightningcurl]

hatred--true hatred--can exist only by failure to understand other human beings and by consequent inability to understand oneself.

[godasmywitness]

it can't be described any better than that. thank you.

[orionxi]

I do not believe that hatred - true hatred - is ever "necessary," much less "good." In any way. Ever.

The hatred we see daily is deeply rooted in the demonization of other human beings. They're not human. They're opponents. "They're lower, they're inferior, they're different." Everything Eli mentioned. And on and on and on until we all someday grow past it, or all kill each other.

Religious extremism has much to do with it. Idiocy has much to do with it. In fact, any mental process that can ensnare and subjugate the human capacity for rational thought and replaces it with blind emotional fury is to blame. And there are many mental processes like that.

I'm not asking you to go out and change the world tonight. It doesn't work like that. I'm asking you to remember so that we have a shot at changing the world for tomorrow. I can't emphasize that enough: always remember. Because if we're not careful, we'll fall prey to hatred again and again. Hatred outlives the hatefulCliché, I know. But I think it's the truth

[thenextbesthing]

amazing.

yeah... thats... all I've got. amazing.

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