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In reply to the discussion: Hatred never ceases by hatred [View all]Paladin
(32,354 posts)43. I'll be damned if I'll relinquish my hatred for my political enemies.
It is they who have taken this country into the toilet in such a remarkably short time. It is they who threaten the health and wellbeing of my loved ones and myself. It is they who are seeking the ruination of our society in as thoughtless and mean-spirited a fashion as possible. These people could never grasp the concept of love healing hate---not if you gave them a thousand years to accomplish it.
To hell with them all. And to hell with giving in.
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I believe that we can oppose someone or something without hatred, Hitler was only the avatar of hatred.
Uncle Joe
Jan 2025
#30
I cannot take seriously assertions that Hitler had no agency but was some metaphysical
Voltaire2
Jan 2025
#41
The subject is hatred, which is an emotion, not a person, and I never said that they
Uncle Joe
Jan 2025
#42
Hatred is a universal emotion, everyone is capable of it, even good people have been consumed by hatred
Uncle Joe
Jan 2025
#47
Sadly, no. I'll tell you what made me realize that that approach is hopeless for the cultists:
OneGrassRoot
Jan 2025
#35