Monday, October 11, 2010

The Many Faces of Hatred

Well, then, just who are the most-hated members of our society?
Is it the gays and transgenders, a people killed, beaten, mocked, and spat upon?
Or, is it the undocumented residents, they of a national outcry against them?
I would submit that one of the very most-hated of all, certainly, would be the rapists. And, the child-abusers. Yes, the rapists and child-abusers ahead of even the murderers. And wife-beaters are very hated.
Any time one group of people hates another . . . hmmm . . . Democrats hate Republicans and Republicans hate Democrats. Those two each have, in rough terms (and depending on how loosely the term "hate" is used), almost half of all Americans hating them. So, they may be the two largest hated groups of all.
Politicians are hated. Lawyers are hated.
Mormons. Or, as I prefer not to call them that, then the LDS. They are still hated, after all these years. And, they are probably hated more in Utah than any other place.
Those who are not LDS are among the hated. Some LDS show hatred toward them.
Christians, Jews, and Muslims. They all attract some hatred.
Wiccans and devil worshippers.
Smokers, drinkers, drug addicts.
Idiots, or those we perceive to be idiots.
Those who don't keep themselves clean, who smell, who lack good hygiene.
Those on food stamps. Those on welfare.
Panhandlers.
Fellow workers, who we perceive to be in the way of getting the job done right.
Bosses who make us work too hard.
Bill collectors. Telemarketers.
Landlords. policemen. . . .
There are plenty of options, for the title of most-hated. Too much do we hate each other, pick at each other, find fault, belittle and berate.
And, what does all this have to do with stating an opinion on an issue, as I try to post on an issue most every day?
Not sure. I got off on this as I thought on hatred towards the gay and transgender community, which is certainly a political issue. I left the political arena, though, when I let off talking about gays and lesbians and undocumented workers and started thinking of all the other ways we hate each other. Now that it's bedtime, this will have to do.

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