On Cruelty
What is the apparent allure of cruelty? What does one get out of being angry, hateful, xenophobic, racist, homophobic, narcissistic, and covetous, to be a liar who follows up obvious lies with an ever-increasing flow of more demonstrably ridiculous falsehoods? Is it fun to celebrate families being torn apart, historic enemies of the United States conducting bloody invasions of nations we promised security to only to seemingly validate the actions of the invaders, to listen to their propagandists and spies, to collude with evil, to boost extremist organizations that would see us murdered because of our lack of belief in their god or political party, and revisit belief systems that have been proven to be disastrous and murderous time and time again? It can’t be healthy to be at either end of the political horseshoe, screaming at everyone who dares not share every single belief you find to be acceptable. It can’t do good for the soul to feel compelled to cover one’s face when engaging in ...
