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Re: Hate Thread
I started out just wanting to start something positive, and I do agree with Burt Bacharach about "What the World Needs Now." There's too much hatred in the world and I think people let themselves see the negative SO often that they miss sight of all the good things in their life.
There's a time and a place for hatred, otherwise it wouldn't exist. Then again it's more important (and FAR more enjoyable) to spend time living with what you love than it is to spew bile at those you hate. Captain Ahab would be an extreme example, but I think a relevant one.
Anyway, to the "Hate Thread" supporters that feel like we're just out to compete with them:
I love healthy competition. I love the Love Thread, and I've got love for all of you, even the most hateful haters among ya. I don't have a problem with you hating what you hate, especially since saying it out in the open tends to help people deal with their emotions in more mature ways. I just think we need to focus more on what we love than what we hate, and if that means we differ in opinion, so be it. I still love ya.
(note: I just copypasta'd this from the Love Thread, since it deals with both of them.)
P.S. Sorry if I sound preachy or anything, I don't mean to be.
That's not quite the point, I think. I have to confess, I've certainly encouraged people to post in the love thread instead of the hate thread. Competition, however, is not the reason I started the thread, nor is it the reason that it's gotten almost 350 posts in less than two weeks.I hate how the Love thread is competing with this one.
I started out just wanting to start something positive, and I do agree with Burt Bacharach about "What the World Needs Now." There's too much hatred in the world and I think people let themselves see the negative SO often that they miss sight of all the good things in their life.
There's a time and a place for hatred, otherwise it wouldn't exist. Then again it's more important (and FAR more enjoyable) to spend time living with what you love than it is to spew bile at those you hate. Captain Ahab would be an extreme example, but I think a relevant one.
Anyway, to the "Hate Thread" supporters that feel like we're just out to compete with them:
I love healthy competition. I love the Love Thread, and I've got love for all of you, even the most hateful haters among ya. I don't have a problem with you hating what you hate, especially since saying it out in the open tends to help people deal with their emotions in more mature ways. I just think we need to focus more on what we love than what we hate, and if that means we differ in opinion, so be it. I still love ya.
(note: I just copypasta'd this from the Love Thread, since it deals with both of them.)
P.S. Sorry if I sound preachy or anything, I don't mean to be.