I’ll never understand how people can hate other people so much. I guess it comes down to fear. You fear the unknown, and they don’t know each other, so they don’t like being afraid, so that makes them hate. They must really be afraid of the power of other people to fear and hate them so much. What really surprises me about it all, is that these are the same people who claim to go to church and love God, or at least Jesus. How can they think God or Jesus would want them to act the way they do? I guess if you only think of God as a judge, then it can happen. I prefer to think that God has love and compassion, too. Jesus was big on those two things. So, why aren’t the people who say they follow his teachings? I don’t get it.

Another thing, there is no such thing as a group of people that are all bad or all good. There are outliers in each. For every corrupt, bad cop there are 100’s of good cops who really want to help people. For every violent looter, there are 1000’s of peaceful people who wouldn’t harm anyone. For every crazy zealot, there are 1000’s of loving, kind people. You can’t let the rotten apple turn you off to all apples forever.

So, people need a dose of DBT. Stop judging. Start accepting. Try to understand. Let everyone have the same rights you think you do and we’ll all get along a whole lot better.