I overheard some folks chatting at the gym. They were saying how it's sad that there isn't more acceptance, tolerance and love in the world these days. One said there was a YouTube video, where a enlightened fellow explains that, in order eliminate hate, one needs to appreciate the opposition: Get inside the head of one's foe, see where he/she's coming from, understand his/her motivation, and eureka, just like that, the hatred will dissipate.
I checked YouTube and found the video. (It doesn't matter which one it is, since there's a horde of them holding the same slant.) Anyway, this fellow did, indeed, express the aforementioned. And that was that. There were no bracketing examples or exceptions to the rule. It was pure and simple, no more or less.
I took offense. In my estimation, it's good to hate, at least in certain instances. I hate pedophiles. I hate rapists. I don't see a need to get into their heads to appreciate their vile impulses. I don't see why I should purge my hatred for them. If anything, I wouldn't mind if my hatred grew greater toward them.
The problem these days isn't a lack of compassion. It's that there's too much tolerance for villainy: a "Sympathy for the Devil," if one will, as the Rolling Stones called it.
Anyway, that's my opinion on the matter of hate, and whether one hates or loves me for it, I'm damn well sticking to it.
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