I've been pondering this for a long while, and I think that the backroom really is the place to bring this issue to light. Wherever I go, whether it is around my university, home, or online, I find that there is, in each person I meet, some kind of hate or scorn. I myself have been guilty of this many a time in the past as well, particularly towards politicians and others in high ranking positions. And yet, upon delving on the issue, I've found something. Hate, scorn, disdain, they do nothing. It does not help me. Hating politicians, bigots, the ignorant, and those that I have severe disagreement with; it serves no purpose. Holding the burning candle in my heart of heart only singed me.
However, as I stated, I find hate and scorn everywhere, from almost every person I've met. Why? Why do we humans succumb so easily to hate? Do so few really delve on the issue personally? Do many people gain personal reprieve from hate, by assigning blame for the world's problems to others? Again, I repeat; I have failed to find any purpose through hate. It blinds those it encumbers. It harms those who are on the end of said person's wrath, should they act on it. And again, what benefit does it bring? What benefit to constantly dwell on those we quarrel with, to dwell on the "nasty (insert group of people)"? Even further complicating the matter is that the more we dwell on that which we allow to anger us only angers us even further. Its a self sustaining process. And to repeat myself again, it gives us what? What benefit is reaped by ourselves with such thoughts? It distracts us from the realities of the world, the realities of now; instead of contemplating for truth and solutions, we instead just blame those we hate for the lack of progress which we ourselves perpetuate. It leads humans to do horrible deeds. It leads to discrimination, torture, genocide, and all manner of atrocities. And for what? To act upon our burning flame, to release the blaze building inside. Whether or not we act upon our hate only changes those it harms; bottling it slowly kills our selves, and releasing it quickly harms those on the receiving end.
This has bothered me for a long time and I felt like sharing. You may now return to your regularly scheduled program.