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Showing Original Post only (View all)WHY is There so much HATE in this country??? [View all]
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Sure - but religion also produced the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. nt
el_bryanto
Feb 2014
#52
Not only that, his Dittoheads made death threats to the guy who spoke out about it.
freshwest
Feb 2014
#30
Sure, and I hear you. Still, the reactionary stuff is a reaction to some major fundamental shifts.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2014
#7
I'm sure people in conservative red states are confused and probably mad.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2014
#12
And likewise, there are progressives in all 50 states. So I think you misunderstand me.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2014
#39
Things are getting better globally other than environmentally which is deteriorating.
pampango
Feb 2014
#43
It is, and it's contagious, and how the practitioners of hatred make their tons of
RKP5637
Feb 2014
#62
Fear. Fear they will lose what little they have to someone else. It is easier to hate than fear
uppityperson
Feb 2014
#13
Mass killings in schools, churches and other public places started a long time ago.
proudretiredvet
Feb 2014
#18
But that is exactly what the stats indicate. It is black and white simple addition and subtraction
proudretiredvet
Feb 2014
#85
The phrase "going postal" was coined in the 1980s due to a string of mass shootings
hack89
Feb 2014
#59
The powers encourage people to hate and fear each other rather than the bigger things
uppityperson
Feb 2014
#68
upward mobility is now lower than the countries people's ancestors left to come here
Johonny
Feb 2014
#29
People "get mad at logical constructs that make easy scape goats instead; blacks, gays, Mexicans,
pampango
Feb 2014
#48
And enough sustained fear and hate can lead to dramtic change - usually not for the better.
pampango
Feb 2014
#47
Things are improving. Straight folks on DU in 2007 spoke hate against LGBT
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2014
#58
Civil liberties in the US are ALWAYS an uphill battle in a country that brags to the
RKP5637
Feb 2014
#63
Partly it's the 1% encouraging the rest of us to misdirect our fears at each other rather than THEM.
Gidney N Cloyd
Feb 2014
#66
Birds of a feather flock together, and that's what conservative hate churches are for.
Zorra
Feb 2014
#74
Looks to me, like all the hate is promoted by republican paid media and RW fake- "charities"
Sunlei
Feb 2014
#83