This begins a series of posts I shall be presenting on
subjects that I find especially irksome, first of which being hate and the
depths to which this emotion/behavior/paradigm
has beguiled our society and planet. To wit – let us look at the particular aspects
of this most shameful of sentiments as it applies to our political mentality. I
will take the middle fork in the road by utilizing some of the more
questionable yet seemingly (to me) accurate reference points designed for the
more discerning denizens of the modern day thinking man’s realm. Let us Speak
of Hatriotism
Wikality, the Truthiness Encyclopedia believes it is;
“…a form of patriotism that is defined not by what a person loves, but instead by what the person
hates.”
Urban Dictionary has it more specifically defined as;
“Proving your patriotism by hating the people the government
tells you to hate.
As a maniacally zealous Liberal (Liberal, not necessarily
Democrat) I will admit to the practice of this vileness in some form. I find no
respite in this confession or offer no apology, explanation, reason, or rationale.
I can simply report that I possess the requisite human emotion/frailty to hate. I am somewhat
prejudice in the manner in which I hate, abhor, abominate, despise, detest,
execrate, loathe, or otherwise dislike. I hold and otherwise find this personal
bother to be abhorrent, abominable, repellent, repugnant, revolting, sickening,
ghastly, sordid, nauseating, repulsive, revulsive, offensive, vile, atrocious,
and dreadfully diabolical in spirit and action.
All of which, on any given day, and at any given moment can
I find myself guilty of in direct contradiction of my better perceptions and convictions.
This admission of that frailest of character defects is an uncomfortable
position to find myself. I would like to stand on the tallest peak and bellow
to the heavens, find the tallest soap box on the busiest street corner in the most
giant of cities and roar out my personal mandate of love and understanding,
reach the largest readership to proclaim my rage against this vilest of practices. All of
which can only serve to emerge as an ill desired goal in the face of the
reality that I am guilty of what I accuse others of being.
“When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself
is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the
most clamor.” Piers Anthony
To what extent am I guilty? Any soul fortunate enough, or
unfortunate, who has read my blogs, or followed me on social media, will tell
you that I am the most moral of men, and that I champion causes that promote
that wonderment of topics and feelings; love. My God commands me to love. Most
of my favorite music puts words and melodies to this most fabulous of feelings.
John Lennon sang of it being all we need. Todd Rundgren instructs us that it is
the answer.
However, all is not flowers and fondue. My admission,
confession, concession, revelation, acknowledgment, declaration, assertion,
statement, and definitive declaration of guilt which haunts me is:
I hate people who hate!
As a verb, most online dictionaries define hate as a feeling
and as such, it is an action. Webster maintains that it is an “intense
hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, of a sense of injury.”
It is hostility which, being an action, creates the problem. We listen to it
every day, or read about it in newspapers and magazines, in online content, and
in misunderstood gossip from our neighbors. It is in all of the television we watch
(even Disney) it is the fuel that feeds the flames of national policy. It is
what is listened to more than love, and it is the main source behind the
misinterpretations of facts on events of import.
It is hate that stills allows sound bites and column inches
on things such as the Presidents religious due to his name
It is the driving force behind county clerks who refuse to
issue marriage licenses in defiance of their appointed duties and blame in on
religious beliefs while ignoring the Commandment of their God to love all.
It is the driving force behind the rioting and violence in
black neighborhoods in response to actual or perceived bigotry that results in
death and destruction in their communities.
It is the driving force for the senate and congress to cut
or defund food stamp benefits in the face of juvenile poverty being at a
staggering 25% in the richest economy in the world.
It is the driving force in the ignoring of embezzlement and
thievery perpetrated by banks and Wall Street while ruining people’s lives by
driving them into poverty and homelessness when their minimum wage incomes
create foreclosures and evictions.
It is in the outrage of executive salaries and bonuses where
employees are forced to live on poverty level incomes requiring them to apply
social services such as food stamps and are told that they are lazy,
inefficient, and criminal.
And,
It is in the commitment of religious leaders from the
Christian Right to snub the words of their God and the Constitution of the
United States of America by preaching animosity towards religions who do not
believe as they do.
These are but a
few of the examples of situations that are bereft of reason as it applies to
humanity. It is but a minuscule cross section of what might be the most threatening
trouble we face in America. It is horrid and the main perpetrator and proponent
of this abomination is the Government of the United States. It is most
definitely in an ineffective and ignorant Legislative branch, it is in the
politically driven Judicial branch, and it is in the savagely besieged
Executive branch. All of these entities are charged with the duty to ensure our well being.
“We the People of
the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,
insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the
general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our
Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of
America.” Preamble, US Constitution.
How are they doing
this? Let’s take a look at their ineptitude:
“…form a more
perfect Union…” How is this being accomplished when we have a political party,
in control of congress, whose legislative agenda is to thwart the President at
every turn?
“…establish
Justice…” How is this being accomplished when the highest court in the land
proclaims as constitutional blatant and rampant corporate and legislative
graft?
“…insure domestic
Tranquility…” How is this being accomplished when it is incapable of protecting
the population from mass shootings because effective legislation might cause
them to lose re-election due to a lack of payoffs from gun lobbies and a
population that has universally misinterpreted the 2nd Amendment?
“…provide for the
common defence…” How is this being accomplished when we almost universally send
our armed forces all over the world to fight wars that are none of our
business, and suffer the retribution of constant threat of terroristic retribution?
“…promote the
general Welfare…” How is this being accomplished when we spend millions on
politically driven conspiracy investigations while denying our children a
decent education not driven by arbitrary competitions to do well on
standardized tests against other countries?
“…and secure the
Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity…” How is this being done…at
all? What exactly are “the Blessings of Liberty?”
In what way is it
ever going to change? Why has this been allowed to become real in this great
country? It will change when people have enough. It will change when people
other than those who hate get out and vote. It will change when it becomes
important enough.
You might say
this is bold talk from someone who aids in the propagation of hate. My personal
enmity must certainly change and I must find a way to swallow my basest of
desires for things such as reprisal, retribution, retaliation, and simple
vengeance. I must cease the proliferation of poisonous thoughts, feelings, and
actions of a negative, or hate inspiring demeanor. Why not just do as Jesus, My
God, told me to:
“But I say unto
you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you.” Luke 6:27
This might
certainly prove a towering mandate to undertake for a thick headed Irish mutt
such as myself. How about some help? What do you say? Who’s the first rotten
son of a bitch who’ll go get a cup of coffee with me? It’s on me. Starbucks
anyone?
Peace
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