Here is another item I wrote to post on FaceBook.
Hate and anger are addictions.
Take a look back over your life right up to the present. Can you think of a time when you were not angry for more than a few days?
Can you think of a time when you, personally, listened to a politician spewing hate and you did not feed on it?
Can you think of a time when you were not looking for valid solutions instead of seeking someone to blame?
Can you think of a time when you looked at this country and thought, “We are in this together, we can fix these problems together”?
The fact is, if the source of your anger is removed, it never lasts for long. Then you are looking for something/someone else to hate.
Make no mistake. This is an addiction. You NEED your hate, you NEED your anger, no matter how unjustified, no matter how irrational, no matter how it can be clearly demonstrated that it damages your own life.
The signs are all there. You are willing to harm other people to hold onto your anger with a white knuckle grip. It does not matter if it hurts women, people in poverty, veterans, your neighbors, your mother, your wife, your daughter. They all live with the consequences of your anger. It doesn't matter if you sentence soldiers to death or permanent disability. It does not matter if you send children into areas where they may not live to adulthood. It doesn't matter if it means you have to pay more money. It doesn't matter if your attitude goes against everything your religion teaches, like compassion, feeding the hungry, helping the poor, not killing, beating swords into plowshares, loving your neighbor.
You NEED your anger and will do anything for your next “fix”.
Take a look in the mirror. Ask yourself what it would take for you to be happy? How many more people have to hurt, die, starve? How many walls do you need to build? How much money is enough? How many more tears must be shed? How many more mothers and fathers must cry over their dead children? How many more people must turn their backs and walk away if they are not sharing your addiction? How long before both of you turn your anger against each other? It has happened before, it will happen again..and again..and again. When will you stop screaming to drown out the emptiness inside?
So, of course, I expect some people to respond with..hate. However, I am posting this on a pages for hate promoting politicians and right wing groups. I don't expect it to have an immediate impact. Instead, what I am hoping it accomplishes is to plant the seed of the thought in the back of their minds. Make them question their motivations over time. There is no question this applies to many of the people I am directing it toward. In the end, at least some of them will have this eat at the back of their minds, making them wonder just what they are trying to accomplish in realistic terms. I have no doubt some of them will read this with the express intent of finding something they can be angry about. So far, I have received one reply from some guy who said I need psychiatric help and called me lonely. I responded to ask if that was an attempt at hate and if saying it made him feel better about himself.
I plan on posting the same thing on various pages which promote hate every single day until the election.
Hate and anger are addictions.
Take a look back over your life right up to the present. Can you think of a time when you were not angry for more than a few days?
Can you think of a time when you, personally, listened to a politician spewing hate and you did not feed on it?
Can you think of a time when you were not looking for valid solutions instead of seeking someone to blame?
Can you think of a time when you looked at this country and thought, “We are in this together, we can fix these problems together”?
The fact is, if the source of your anger is removed, it never lasts for long. Then you are looking for something/someone else to hate.
Make no mistake. This is an addiction. You NEED your hate, you NEED your anger, no matter how unjustified, no matter how irrational, no matter how it can be clearly demonstrated that it damages your own life.
The signs are all there. You are willing to harm other people to hold onto your anger with a white knuckle grip. It does not matter if it hurts women, people in poverty, veterans, your neighbors, your mother, your wife, your daughter. They all live with the consequences of your anger. It doesn't matter if you sentence soldiers to death or permanent disability. It does not matter if you send children into areas where they may not live to adulthood. It doesn't matter if it means you have to pay more money. It doesn't matter if your attitude goes against everything your religion teaches, like compassion, feeding the hungry, helping the poor, not killing, beating swords into plowshares, loving your neighbor.
You NEED your anger and will do anything for your next “fix”.
Take a look in the mirror. Ask yourself what it would take for you to be happy? How many more people have to hurt, die, starve? How many walls do you need to build? How much money is enough? How many more tears must be shed? How many more mothers and fathers must cry over their dead children? How many more people must turn their backs and walk away if they are not sharing your addiction? How long before both of you turn your anger against each other? It has happened before, it will happen again..and again..and again. When will you stop screaming to drown out the emptiness inside?
So, of course, I expect some people to respond with..hate. However, I am posting this on a pages for hate promoting politicians and right wing groups. I don't expect it to have an immediate impact. Instead, what I am hoping it accomplishes is to plant the seed of the thought in the back of their minds. Make them question their motivations over time. There is no question this applies to many of the people I am directing it toward. In the end, at least some of them will have this eat at the back of their minds, making them wonder just what they are trying to accomplish in realistic terms. I have no doubt some of them will read this with the express intent of finding something they can be angry about. So far, I have received one reply from some guy who said I need psychiatric help and called me lonely. I responded to ask if that was an attempt at hate and if saying it made him feel better about himself.
I plan on posting the same thing on various pages which promote hate every single day until the election.
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