When we legitimise hatred ...

When we legitimise hatred ... hatred flourishes.  When we outlaw hatred, hatred is stemmed, it becomes private and some even rid themselves of it.  When we encourage love, hatred has no place and evaporates like dew on a hot summer’s morning.  Let me give an example of what I mean by 'love' here so as not to look like a cheesy greeting card writer ... I am a proponent of limiting the weight given to difference, not to eradicate or deny difference but to ensure that it matters less than we have been led to believe it does, to lower the barriers between 'us' and 'them.' A start would be to recognize the equal moral value of every human being on earth, regardless of the many labels we choose to place on each other - this would be a powerful act of love which would go a long way to evaporating hatred.