One Hundred Ninety

Posted on July 9, 2015 by John Swinburn

Fear is the springboard for hatred.  Even hatred that emerges from bravado is a response to deep, uncontrollable fear. Racism and homophobia are but two examples of fear-based hatred. The terror that gives rise to such hatred is evidence of extraordinary feelings of inadequacy; I suspect it’s terror of oneself. People look in the mirror and cannot stand the fear they see confronting them; their terror of knowing themselves turns to hatred. Sick and ugly hatred.

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"Love not what you are but what you may become."― Miguel de Cervantes
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