The death of the politics of hate (#2072)

Hate is not smart or trendy, it is ugly and brutish. For hate to rule we must not care for ourselves or others as human beings. We have to dissociate from reality and think of ourselves as monsters. Yet we are getting the politics of hate from the Republican party. They are working feverishly to turn us against ourselves. Think about that, instead of working to build bridges within our society Republicans are destroying them. How is it that this Republican party can exist in an enlightened society? It can't, at least not for long. Like all emotional appeals, they eventually grow less feverish with time. Time will prove the death of the politics of hate. Evidence and logic will be the weapons that kills off it's life process. Eventually we will see that we are all too similar and alike despite our minor differences and come to see that hating each other is just an excuse to hate ourselves. I don't like a lot of things about myself but to transfer that over to my unhealthy perceived dislike of others, for my own gratification, is absurd. Not only absurd but counter productive. While the Republican party is manipulating us to hate ourselves, they are making off with the spoils of our conflict. We are being used as a distraction so that they can obtain power and control over our rights. It is a smart strategy for those who are conniving and petty. What the Republican party and it's acolytes don't yet get is that time works against them. Most of us are not given to making the same mistake over and over again when our interests are being pilfered from us. We are not all just one track minded. We will learn that being in this together is far more productive than tearing each other down. Republicans have cast their lot with hate and it will be hate that they have to cling to when they find that there is no one left to care about them.