Love should dominate our lives

As humans, we all seek love, to varying degrees, with a sense of urgency, and though we do so for a number of reasons, the fundamental motivator for seeking love remains constant amongst us all—we wish to feel good about ourselves. Yet if this is so, why then do so many of us, quite contradictorily, exhibit feelings of hate and distrust toward our fellow man with such regularity? How can we summarily bring ourselves to denigrate and cast judgment on others without so much as being sensitive toward their very real feelings and mental welfare? Can we simply fault the excessively vague phrase “human nature” as the cause of our typical comportment related shortcomings and go about living our lives in gloomy continuity? I contend that that is quite a dangerous proposition. We should indeed strive to love each other, because the fact of the matter is, none of us would ever want to be hated.

I bring this matter up for discussion, as just yesterday afternoon while in a voice enabled Christian chat room, I listened attentively to a well-intentioned woman speak to those in the room in regards to, as she put it, the “infiltration of Muslims” in the United States. Her tone was one of worry, thus no mistake could be made as to the connotation her assertion carried; to be specific, this extraordinarily condemnatory woman espoused views painting Muslims in general to be suspicious and devious characters and, quite reprehensibly, even went as far as to suggest that Muslims are, in general, probable terrorists. Shocked as I was at this woman’s hatred aimed squarely at Islam and its followers, I continued to listen to her deeply flawed argument, trying as best I could to remain composed. Yet I was particularly surprised at the substantiation she provided for her assertion that Muslims are infiltrating the United States so as to wreak havoc on its social order. She cited an incident on a public autobus where she came across a bus driver who she concluded to be, based on voice and other characteristics, a Muslim. According to her, this was most disquieting as it was not the first time she had seen a station traditionally held by the archetypical American—whatever that is—usurped by a Muslim American. She further elucidated her worries by describing the suspiciousness of the bus driver who, in her words, was “looking all around,” her implication being that perhaps the bus driver sought to ascertain exactly which parts of her community would be most impacted by an explosive device. I was in utter shock. Sincerely, at that moment, I wanted to reach out to this woefully misinformed woman and give her a loving hug and communicate to her that what she is saying is hate filled nonsense and that love will help her overcome her ignorance. Surely love would beget more love.

Alas, the corporate-owned mainstream media, which is incontrovertibly fixed to the military-industrial complex, preys upon the feebleminded by tapping into their insecurities, with the ultimate intent of creating division through manufactured conflicts. It really does pains me to see so many people subscribe to their nonsense when I know in my heart that the very people who regurgitate the hateful propaganda they’ve seen on television and other forms of media, seek to be loved. The question is then, why do they so readily hate?

Yet another example of this paradoxical dynamic between love and hate in people is the manner in which people choose to approach the Michael Jackson child molestation case, a case which was unquestionably dramatized and blown out of proportion by the mainstream media for a number of reasons, least of which to divert attention away from truly important issues. While reading a few entries at Urbandictionary.com about Michael Jackson, I couldn’t help but observe a commonality. In the face of insurmountable evidence suggesting that the sweet and kind and generous Mr. Jackson is not a child molester, the entries I read on this website, in no uncertain terms, labeled Michael a molester, among several other hurtful things. Let us consider for a moment the facts relating to this matter. A man is exonerated in a court of law. During the trial leading that to that ultimate conclusion, that man was demonized by literally every single major news outlet in existence, and so the seed of hatred was set. Once the facts prevailed over the half truths and innuendos issued by the mainstream media, many continued to believe the man was a child molester despite the mountain of evidence suggesting the contrary. I would ask those who frequently mock and deride Michael Jackson to think of the matter in this way: what if it was you who was exonerated of a despicable crime and were still called a criminal in the end?

I have never, nor will I ever say that I am superior to others simply because I do not have the capacity to hate or because I am not susceptible to being propagandized. Rather, as an impartial person, I can readily appreciate the inconsistencies many have in regards to love and hate. I truly feel that love should dominate our lives, yet far too often some of us relent to the forces of hatred and allow ourselves to become something we may not truly be. Just as I sit here and type these words, I am sensitive to the fact that, if I would not like to read this post myself, why then would I ever submit it to others to read? Likewise, why should anyone be so willing to hate when all they want is love?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Okay. Once again, you've bombarded us with a longwinded treatise on the obvious shortcomings in human nature. Now, I'm not gonna say you're wrong to feel as you do, but you do need to observe our forum rules.

If you wish to discuss matters of deep, personal significance, you can create threads in The Quiet Place, where like-minded flower enthusiasts will happily discuss our collective inability to just sip tea and treacle all day and love everything in sight.
If you choose this route, try to create some kind of discussion. This post is just an elongated opinion and it doesn't really present readers with much to say other than "I basically agree", "You're a creepy twit" or "Too long; didn't read".

OR you can post this stuff in your Journal where you can selectively ban everyone who isn't into rainbows and big, pink, fluffy clouds of pure, cottony bliss.

Either way, threads like this don't belong in General Discussion, and this thread is therefore CLOSED.

There's nowhere I can't reach.