Friday, January 24, 2020
Twisted
Hate is a peculiar thing. One can destroy oneself in the act of harming others and glory in the negative outcome. Consider the white nationalists apprehended before they could disrupt a Virginia pro-gun rally. They set out to kill marchers and police and thereby sow division and start a civil war. What they ignored was their intended action would turn everyone against them, including pro-gun protesters. They would have gained nothing except a visceral satisfaction that they did something and almost certainly would have died for their cause. General George Patton probably said it best when he counseled his troops as follows, " The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his." Haters are beyond reason and persuasion. They hew to their twisted beliefs without doubt or an ability to consider another side. They are beyond what communication can possibly do. The only way to handle them is to stop them by force, if necessary, and to separate them from society for good.
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