Thoughts on how people try to find hatred in things – the “hatist mentality” – with remarks about its origin, traits, and effects

Recently, in a conversation, I joked to someone saying, “I am convinced that people take classes on how to find hatred in things. I can imagine the final test: you are shown someone walking down the street and you must find hatred in it.” . . . and there are people who will find it too!

This joke was actually prompted by three things that I heard within a weeks period of time:

1. A lady said that the American flag was “racist” and should be changed
2. I heard how some people were saying that there are “racist highways”
3. A lady said that my using the word “female” was sexist and derogatory to females . . . they should be called “women”

After hearing this nonsense I said, “I think I’ve had enough of this . . . these people are finding racism and sexism in things, they’re finding hatred where there isn’t any hatred . . . they are looking for hatred in things”.

I have been watching this tendency for some people to find hatred in thing for many decades now and find it appalling. I probably have spoken of this subject before in this blog (I know I’ve spoken of similar things) but here are my recent thoughts on these things:

THE “HATIST”

Some people spend a lot of time finding hatred in just about anything imaginable: a statement, an image, a plot of a movie, a belief, etc., etc., etc. Over the years I have mentioned this and have, of course, condemned it, as it should be. But its a mentality that seems to be growing.

This mentality does things such as these:

• They find hatred where there isn’t any hatred
• They create hatreds that don’t exist
• They put words in peoples mouth that are not intended
• They put intentions in peoples action that aren’t there
• They falsely accuse people of hatred and other horrible intentions

I often call this the “hatist mentality”. I also speak of their philosophy as the “hatist philosophy”, or “hatism”, and refer to them as “hatists”. This word originally started as a joke. I would call these people “hatist” like they call people racist, sexist, and that. For example, when people say things like “he’s a racist” for ridiculous reasons, as in the several examples I gave above, I would often say, “no, you’re a hatist, a person who finds hatred in things.” Over time, the name stuck. I use it now to describe a mentality that I am seeing nowadays.

THE “HATIST MENTALITY” AND “HATIST PHILOSOPHY”

In the simplest way, I would describe the “hatist mentality” in this way: they assume people hate each other and, as a result, they see hate in everything and are all-too-willing to accuse people of it. This shows several particularly strong traits with the “hatist philosophy”:

1. They automatically assume people hate each other . . . its part of their world view
2. Because of this assumption they see hatred in everything
3. They eagerly accuse people of hatred

In this way, this philosophy creates a confrontational and condemning quality in people. It appears, to me, like an endless finger pointing. I often compare it to a witch hunt.

My observation is that whenever anyone uses words like racist, sexist, discrimination, oppression, and such, particularly in an accusatory way, then they are probably “hatists”, people who are eager to find hatred in things. In some sense, the “hatist philosophy” has destroyed the meaning of these words by distorting and over using them to death, especially for asinine and utterly ridiculous reasons. Some examples of this distortion include:

• They find hatred in anything that exists . . . if a highway can be called racist then anything can be called racist
• They find hatred in the traits, qualities, and names of things . . . if calling a female a female is sexist then what isn’t sexist?

When does it all end? The answer is that, with this mentality, it doesn’t end. They keep finding hatred in things and it goes on and on.

A MENTALITY TO A CULTURE

This point of view of finding hatred in things isn’t just an occasional thought that people have. To me, it seems like a mentality. By “mentality” I mean that it is a way of interpreting the world and the happenings of the world. In this way, it becomes an attitude of how to interpret people, the world, and often becomes the basis for a world view.

In actuality, this mentality actually appears much like a spectrum. For some people, they display the mentality only occasionally, perhaps only a small number of times in their lives. For other people, it becomes a way of interpreting life. In this later way, it can almost take on religious-like qualities and can be described as a culture. What this means is that some people have made a way of life out of finding hatred in things.

In actuality, though, hatred is only a small part of a bigger picture. If one looks closer one can see that they are finding more than hatred in things. Common themes seen in this mentality include:

• Hatred. They think people hate people . . . “white people hate black people”
• Abuse. They think people are abusing, or trying to abuse, people . . . “the male wants to abuse the female”
• Threats. They think people are threatening people . . . “the government is plotting to take away our freedoms”

As a result, this mentality makes people find hatred, abuse, and threats in things. These things have, over the years, taken on many forms, manifestations, and shapes. Some of these include:

• They feel their rights are violated
• They feel offended
• They feel oppressed
• They feel they’ve been discriminated against

A common pattern of thought is that people feel that they are being abused, in some way, and then they assume that this is motivated out of hatred. Typically, they assume hatred even when there is no proof of hatred or reason to assume it. For some people this stance is the basis of how they look at life.

But behind the hatred is fear . . .

THE INFLUENCE OF FEAR

I am of the opinion that, at the base of this mentality is fear. It seems, to me, that this fear actually originates from the fear of war. It seems, to me, that this mentality is a remnant of WWII, the Holocaust, and the Cold War and the fear they caused. They as if “implanted” a fear in this society that, like an infection, which has grown ever since.

The fear of war created a fear of things associated with war, such as any form of hatred, violence, damage, death, and such. Over the years this has appeared as a fear of hatred, abuse, and threats, in particular.

The progress of the reaction to this fear, through the years, is quite interesting . . .

ORIGINS – HIPPIE PHILOSOPHY

It seems that it was a specific group of people who were instrumental in the creation of this mentality: the hippies. This happened in the 1960’s. This mentality doesn’t seem to of existed beforehand, at least as far as I know.

The hippies created a philosophy based in the fear of war. They brought together many traits that would make up this philosophy. These include:

• Fear. This was rooted in fear of war but would extend to anything that can be associated with war, killing, death, etc. One form of this is the fear of authority, which they saw as the cause of war.
• The proposing of an “answer”. This seems to primarily be the Christian ideals of peace and love, at least at first. As a result of the Vietnam War, they started to take more political viewpoints and began to emphasize freedom, equality, the worship of the people, voting, etc.
• Self-righteousness. They believe that they are “right” and that they are the “answer” to the problem of fear.
• The assumption that hate is the cause of things. They seem to think that many problems are caused because everyone hates each other. This, I believe, comes from Christianity which preaches love. Hate is often viewed as the opposite of love. Therefore, people who don’t love people obviously hate them, or so the logic goes.
• Mass media. Much of their “message” was done over mass media which was in great growth at the time. This caused a tendency to mass hysteria in their attitudes and mentalities. This mass hysteria, it seems to me, is one reason why it grew so rapidly and why it got ridiculous. If it wasn’t for mass media I don’t think we would of seen this.
• Hypocrisy. They will preach against hatred, for example, then express hatred toward the government or people that have views they don’t like. Another example is calling a person a racist, in a hateful way, and saying that the racist is full of hate. But what’s the difference between a person who hates black people and a person who hates” racists”? Isn’t it the same thing . . . a display of hatred? Both display the emotion of hatred. The only difference is that they have different targets for that hatred. In this way, they display a hypocrisy.

These hippie-based attitudes would continue to grow in the society, probably as a result of media coverage, and spread in many ways and forms through the years. They would greatly influence liberalism and even the stance of many democrats.

The hippie-based attitude ended up creating a mentality that I would describe in this way:

• The mentality is rooted in a deep fear which is seldom mentioned.
• This fear is based in the assumption that hate is the cause of problems and so they actually fear hatred.
• They see themselves as having the “answer” to the problem and try to promote their “answer” – peace, love, freedom, equality, etc. – thinking its going to solve it.
• But, despite this, all that they do is motivated out of fear, not a desire for peace, love, freedom, equality, etc.
• This fear is so strong that it causes them to hate the people who they view as causing the fear (the government, racists, authority, etc.) . . . “projected hate” (see below)
• But, being self-righteous, they don’t see that they are actually the ones displaying hatred . . . they think that it is someone else who is filled with hate.
• What this ends up causing is a tendency to see hatred in other people and things, while they remain “innocent” of hate.

THE MENTALITY CHANGES THROUGH THE YEARS

Over the years the fear of war subsided. In short, the fear that caused the mentality dwindled and disappeared. Regardless of this, the mentality was established and continued to grow. The loss of fear caused the idea of hatred to rise in importance. This later caused a rise in the themes of abuse and threats. As a result, the mentality became less fear oriented which changed how it appeared. In this way, the mentality has as if “progressed” through the years. It seems, to me, that it goes in this progression:

fear>>>hate>>>abuse>>>threats

Basically, the fear of war caused a fear of hate which caused a fear of being hurt (abuse) which caused a fear of someone threatening to hurt you in some way.

OTHER PEOPLE FIND USES FOR THE MENTALITY

As the mentality progressed through the years many people began to use this mentality as “muscle”, so to speak, as a means to get their way. As a result, these different people would use the theme that worked best for them . . . that person feels abused, this person feels threatened, and so on. In this way, this mentality grew and expanded far beyond the original hippie philosophy and went in new directions. In this way, it began to develop a life of its own.

This mentality is commonly used for any type of grievance in this country. Its been used by just about every group of people, in one form or another. The people I see it the most in are some females and some black people.

THE PATTERN OF THIS MENTALITY

As I’ve watched it through the years, this mentality looks like a reaction to a fear, at least initially. This fear would later be replaced by hate, abuse, and threats as I said above. These cause all sorts of emotions that people end up having problems with. They basically have problems with the feelings that these provoke (fear, apprehensions, threat, etc.). These feelings makes them have “issues” with it. We can refer to these feelings as “difficult emotions”. This mentality seems an attempt at dealing with the emotions that the fear provoked.

It seems that the mentality follows this pattern in dealing with these “difficult emotions”:

1. Unmentioned fear – The original emotion is fear, as I said above, and is seldom mentioned. I tend to feel that, despite how it appears, fear is what motivates this mentality.
2. “Difficult emotions” – The fear creates other other emotions to surface, as described above, which they have problems and “issues” with.
3. Projection – They turn the “difficult emotions” away from ones self by directing it on to other people. In projecting their emotions on to other people it makes it appear as if those other people are the ones displaying it.
4. Accusation – They then criticize, condemn, and accuse that person, making the other person guilty, at fault, evil, etc.
5. Innocence – In so doing, they feel that they have become free from the emotion.

In this way, it appears that this mentality is really an attempt at alleviating emotions they have problems with. More specifically, this mentality seems to be based in the idea that one gets rid of an emotion by “transferring” it to another person. As a result, they tend to become very accusatory. In short, this accusation alleviates the emotion, at least in their mind.

But this “transferring” does not get rid of the problem. They keep seeing things that bother them and the accusations continue. The fact is that the reason why this mentality continues to exist is because it does not work. People with this mentality generally continue to have difficulty with their “difficult emotions” and continue to find hatred in things and accuse people for it.

THE ASSUMPTION OF HATRED

This mentality is based in an assumption that people hate one another. People who take this mentality, so far as I have seen, do not question this viewpoint.

Much of this point of view, it seems, originates from Christianity which taught the “evil of mankind”. This same theme would appear in the 1950’s and 1960’s with the threat of the Cold War, a demonstration of how humanity is basically evil inside. This Christian assumption of the evil of mankind, further inspired by the Cold War, carried on over to the hippie philosophy and then into this mentality. The effect is a general assumption that people hate one another.

Common versions I see are:

• “Authority, such as the government, hates the common or little people”
• “Males hate females”
• “White people hate black people”
• “Everyone hates gay people”

For many people, these are taken without question. There is never even any inquiry to seek its truth.

This assumption of hatred makes some people very “touchy” to any criticism. Why? Obviously its because the person who criticizes them hates them! I’ve confronted this a number of times where I may criticize someone, for example, and they automatically assume that I did this because I hate that person. I find this “assumption that I was motivated by hatred”, that they assume to be the case, very appalling.

THE HATRED OF THE “HATISTS”

This mentality tends to do a number of things:

• It fabricates hatreds
• It turns things into hatreds that aren’t hatreds
• It exaggerates any hatred and make it out far bigger than it is
• They seem to think that hatred runs rampant in society and is everywhere and in everything
• Any hatred , real or imagined, is viewed as some great horrible threat, a great menace to society

From my own observation, and experience, hatred is not all that common. People don’t just go around hating people. And when people do hate it seldom does anything. Not only that, it tends to be transitory meaning that it comes and goes quickly. I don’t see it as some great menace and threat. When hatred does get bad it is usually a result of a specific person or a result of specific conditions. That, it seems to me, is very rare, though it does happen from time to time.

The closest I see to hatred I would describe as a “dislike” . . . people dislike this or that quality in people, or their character, or something they are associated with, and such. That’s not the same as the sinister horrible hatred the “hatists” preach. They preach a hatred that’s so bad that the world is about to come to an end because of it. They talk of hatred like its satan, a great menace that we all have to fight against. That’s why I often jokingly call the hatred preached by the “hatists” as the “new devil”.

Note the statement I used above: “the hatred preached by the “hatists”” . I say that because the hatred the “hatists” preach is not the same as “normal hatred”. It has a far greater and deeper meaning. It is far more sinister and threatening and extensive. Frankly, I find a lot of their version of hatred as fantastic, ridiculous, and unrealistic. They’ve created a whole new vision of what hatred is. Much of this vision originates from the origins of this mentality with particular emphasis on several sources:

• Christianity. This created the idea that humanity is innately evil which means we all hate. It also creates the idea that we must be punished or reformed to not do evil.
• War. This includes WWII, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War in particular. This created a fear of any violence toward other people.
• Holocaust. This created a fear of hatred toward people, particularly based on race (coming from the Nazi’s hatred of Jews).

These contributed to creating a unique form of hatred based on historical circumstance and situation. What this means is that the hatred created by the “hatists” is unique in that it is based on historical situation and circumstance. Because of this, it is not based in the “normal hatred” of everyday life. It is, in fact, a special and unique vision of hatred. Its a vision that, I think, is basically false and unrealistic.

THE QUESTION OF “PROJECTED HATE”

My observation is that many people who practice this mentality have great hate within them. In other words, the people who find hatred in things have hatred inside them. As a result they project their hatred onto other people and things. I call this “projected hate”.

There seems to be two forms of hatred that are projected:

1. Active hate
2. Passive hate

Active hate is when a person feels an emotion of hatred toward another. This “hate” is generally a dislike toward another for some reason or another. It can be cause by a number of thins such as:

• Because they feel hatred toward another person or group
• Because they hate people who oppose them
• Because they hate authority, such as the government (this is associated with the hippie philosophy which is anti-government in orientation)

Passive hate is a reaction to hatred. In other words, they don’t necessarily feel the emotion of hatred but it is in their thoughts. Passive hate generally means that they have some “issue” with hatred, that is bothers them in some way. Since this mentality originates in the fear of what war can do, and the belief that hate causes war, its probably no surprise that they tend to overvalue hate, thinking any hate will do great and destructive damage. This, of course, is not true, as most hate does nothing except cause bad feelings. In short, they have “difficult emotions” about associated with hate. It can be caused by a number of things such as:

• Because they fear hatred and what it can do
• Because they are preoccupied with hatred
• Because its an outlet for insecurities, problems, etc.
• Because hate has become too much of their world view
• Because hate is associated with emotions and themes they have a problem with (the “difficult emotions”)

Interestingly, this mentality tends to let these people think that they don’t have any hatred. But the irony is that, in many cases, the only hatred is found in the people with this mentality.

EFFECTS OF THIS MENTALITY

Some of the effects of this mentality include:

1. Preaching hatred
2. Seeing the worst in things
3. Promotes problems between people
4. Conspiracy theories
5. Paranoia
6. A world of delusion
7. Accusatory stance
8. Negativity

1-Preaching hatred

I’ve often said that the basic view of this mentality assumes that “everyone hates everyone”. This is something that is generally assumed to be true without question! In this way, this mentality actually preaches hatred. It does this in ways such as these:

• By continually seeing hatred in things
• By continually finding hatred in things
• By continually mentioning hatred
• By the projecting of their own hatred onto other people

In this way, “hatred never dies”. With this mentality, hatred is everywhere.

2-Promotes problems between people

I’ve always said that if we didn’t have all these people finding hatred in things, threats in things, abuses in things, racism in things, sexism in things, etc. we’d find that there aren’t that many problems and there wouldn’t be that much hatred. In other words, I tend to feel that this mentality promotes problems between people, especially hatreds.

3-Seeing the worst in things

Another quality this mentality creates is a tendency to see the worst in things . . . and in people. In this way, this mentality is very negative, in actuality. This, I think, is one its most damaging effects. Once a person takes this mentality they see things in the worst light: that’s racist, that’s sexist, that’s a sign of hatred, this is abusive, that’s degrading, etc. Being around these people I often want to say, “so do you see any good in anything at all?”

4-Conspiracy theories

This mentality, by its nature, tends to promote conspiracy theories. They will often talk as if people are plotting against them, trying to hurt them, degrade them, enslave them, etc., etc. This can be a single person to a group of people to a government.

5-Paranoia

Overall, I’d say that this mentality is a form of paranoia. That’s really all it is in its simplest form. But, for the more involved, they fabricated their own delusional world with it. In this case, this mentality is really an elaborate form of paranoid delusion.

6-A world of delusion

These hatreds and abuses were, as I said, fabricated. That is to say, they did not really exist. In this way, they actually created a world of hatred and abuse . . . all in their minds! This gave this mentality a delusional quality, almost like an insanity at times. I would say that this mentality creates a delusional world.

Since this mentality is based in an “explanation” of what they think is going on its not surprising that the manner and style of their “explanation” dictates the style of their delusional world. They use their “explanation” as the basis of how to interpret things. There are a number of themes that this appears. Some common themes of “explanations”, that I see, include these:

• Anti-war – Usually, they view the government as a threat.
• Environmental. They see humanity as “killing the world”.
• Racial – They see “racism” in everything . . . we all know, of course, that white people hate black people specifically because they are black.
• Sexual – They see “sexism” in everything . . . we all know that the male wants to enslave, oppress, and degrade the female and they do it every chance they get.

These all have their different viewpoints and ways of looking at things. As a result, the technique used to find hatred, abuse, and threats is different for each. This means that each theme creates its own version of a delusional world based on how they view things. This makes it so that they only see their version of hate, abuse, and threats. In other words, a person who see’s racism in everything seldom see’s sexism in everything or that humanity is “killing the world”, and such. They tend to only see their point of view based on their “explanation”.

7-Accusatory stance

This mentality, by its nature, creates a very accusatory stance that can be very confrontational and condemning. There are a number of effects of this:

• It tends to pit people against people or group against group, creating something like a feud that never ends
• It can disrupt and even ruin peoples lives because of the effects of accusation
• It creates myths, gossip, rumors, and falsities about people and situations

8-Negativity

Overall, this mentality tends to create a very negative view of people and the world. It not only portrays people in a bad light it assumes people in a bad light (they all hate).

TECHNIQUES USED TO FIND HATRED IN THINGS

Some of the techniques used to create this delusional world of hatred include:

• They see hatred, abuse, and threats in anything that even remotely resembles their “explanation”. The more of a resemblance the more they see.
• Because they immediately assume that things are done because of hatred, or that things are an abuse, or that they are being threatened, they do not question it. This makes them automatically “right” in their mind.
• They quickly “jump to conclusions” which favors their “explanation”. This is often done without inquiry or investigation.
• They look at the world only through the lens of their “explanation” which makes them see it everywhere. It “colors” all that they see. Its like wearing a pair of colored sun glasses.
• They project their feelings onto things. They get “too involved” with a happening, for example, and start to see themselves in it making them take things too seriously and personally.
• They twist things around. They distort what happened, the statement, the movie plot, etc. to fit their “explanation”.
• They see too much into things. They “dissect” things so much that they start to see things in it.
• They outright fabricate something and basically lie. In some cases, they will say something happened that didn’t happen.
• If a hatred, abuse, or threat becomes real then they blow it out of proportion. Even if its a small thing they will make it out as something huge.

With these attitudes anyone can find hatred, abuse, and threats in anything. Its as if they twist the world around to fit their view of things. In this way, this mentality is not based in the “real world” but, rather, in “mental fabrication”. That is to say, they follow what their mind creates and not what reality says.

THE “ANSWER”

People who take this mentality tend to think that they have the “answer” to the problem. Of course, the “problem” is usually something that only exists in their own mind which means that they have the “answer” to a “problem” that, in actuality, does not exist. That’s one of the bizarre aspects of this mentality.

The “answer” that this mentality tends to offer tends to originate from two sources:

1. Christianity: peace, love, caring, etc.
2. Democracy: freedom, equality, worship of the people, etc.

This tendency to use these sources as the “answer” reveals much about the origin of this mentality. As I said above, the hippies seem to be the origin of this mentality. As a result, it reflects much of their thinking. They tended to emphasize Christian ideals, though not necessarily in the name of Christianity. In fact, their interest in Hinduism, Buddhism, and other religions is nothing but the creation of a “new Christianity” by using Christian ideals through world religions. But, after the Vietnam War in particular, they blended this with political ideas. This ended up creating what can be described as a “Christian/democratic philosophy”. This philosophy is often preached almost like a religion at times. It also is the basis for their solutions.

After all these years I would say that if I were to state their “answer” in one sentence it would basically amount to this: if we all love one another then we will live in peace and harmony. Sound familiar? That’s the message of Christianity and the hippies. Its the message that became prominent after WWII during the Cold War.

THE PROBLEM OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS

Because Christianity and the national politics of democracy is the basis of their “answer” there is a tendency for them to become self-righteous. This has two effects:

1. They are innocent and pure of any hatred
2. It makes them think that they are right!

1-They are innocent and pure of any hatred

Since they are self-righteous they think that they have no hatred at all. But, as I said above, many of them have hatred or have problems with it. Many people who have this mentality take a stance of purity and innocence toward hatred often as if they are on some sort of a crusade against it.

2-It makes them think that they are right!

This creates a tendency for them to be pig-headed, unbending, and unwilling to change in any way. This means that this mentality tends to create people who are hard, and even impossible, to work with. In fact, I would venture to say that this mentality, which has grown so much and become something like a sub-culture in the U.S., has now become a disruptive and hindering element in society. They do this by doing things such as:

• By continually emphasizing and seeing hatred, abuse, and threats in things
• By continually pushing their points of view
• By unwilling to change or bend
• By an unwillingness to see things in any other way
• By thinking that they have a self-righteous cause

In these ways, their attitude tends to take a tone of “its my way or the highway”. It almost seems as if this mentality is causing a division in this country, almost as if splitting it apart.

ON HOW THIS IS NOT A MENTALITY OF RESOLUTION

My observation is that this mentality is a condemning mentality. It is not a mentality of resolution. What I mean by this is that the intent of this mentality is to condemn people or groups, not in the resolution of conflict. As a result, it never resolves any issues. If anything, it promotes and keeps conflicts going. Its a mentality that is based in finding hatreds.

THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS MENTALITY

I tend to feel that this mentality is a serious problem. This is because of things such as these:

• Its causing hatreds that normally wouldn’t be there
• It causes tensions between people
• The people who display this mentality are impossible to associate with
• It seems to be causing division between people
• It promotes paranoia, delusion, and conspiracy theories
• It creates an imagined world that doesn’t exist . . . the delusional world
• It never resolves the issues

The effect of all this is that it causes a great disruption in society and between people. I often feel that, if we did not have this mentality, there would be few problems in this country.

ON HOW NO ONE CONDEMNS THIS MENTALITY

As I’ve watched this over the years I am continually struck by how people do not take the behavior and claims of this mentality seriously. Hardly anyone criticizes these acts which is what should be happening. This is something that has mystified me. In fact, in my observation, most Americans “don’t do anything about anything”. That is to say, they are stagnant . . . and this is in a country that preaches democracy!

Some reasons for this stagnation include:

• Contrary to democratic theory people are not that eager to participate in society, especially in politics (I think people have no interest in the greater actions of society and government . . . their main concern is the small world they live in)
• People are scared to do anything (many people mention how they don’t want to be accused of anything)
• People have found that it is pointless to say or do anything (this seems to be a common belief)
• People don’t want too get involved (there’s a reluctance to be “dragged into a mess”)
• People don’t want to get involved with a “media circus” (I know some people fear that if they say something openly, and the media gets involved, they will become part of a media circus that can quickly get out of control)

I’ve seen these themes regularly in the U.S.

A GROWING OPPOSITION???

The fact, in actuality, is that people do condemn this mentality . . . but in private. I see people regularly criticizing acts of this mentality but only with friends and people that they know. They never condemn it openly or in front of strangers, or I haven’t seen it.

This stagnation, in some ways, only divides this country even more. This is because it creates a growing group of people who have “secret feelings” that are opposed to the greater society. Even though this division is not obvious, or something one can see, there is a possibility that it may come out one day and we may truly see that it is opposed to greater society. In other words, it may be causing a growing “secret opposition” toward greater society that may become unleashed later. I say this because it seems, to me, that this stagnation is causing a growing resentment, loss of faith, loss of trust, loss of belief, and doubt in this society, its government, and its people. What this suggest, in a way, is that this mentality of finding hatred in things is actually causing a loss of faith in the U.S., its principles, and its ideas.

A NEW TYPE OF WITCH HUNT?

I sometimes think that this mentality is creating something like a new form of witch hunt. Just like the witch hunt people are being accused left and right, generally for minor things that are blown out of proportion. I do think that it is creating a witch hunt type of an environment.

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