Homes and parents are frequently blamed, but when you look at the volume of time children spend at school and when you look at recent WhatsApp exposés of heinous messages many teachers were caught exchanging, it is clear that what kids are taught and how they are treated in our schools is a contributing factor to the ongoing mess
When we were kids and went to football matches at the weekend and you see the raw hate between rival fans, most of us left it at singing insults etc., but when you leave the stadium and see pools of blood by the roadside and cars keyed, shops vandalised etc., you begin to notice that some of the hatred encourage during matches have been allowed to go too far
I do not believe there is a more severe mental ailment than hate. But the dilemma today, is that it has now become so brazen and there are no consequences. Hate is now acceptable. It’s all over social media and in our politics and I am not referring to any specific form of hatred such as racism or antisemitism, I am referring to all forms of hate, regardless of who’s directing it or to whom it’s directed. You look at the matter of migration or more specifically, illegal migration: yes, it must be sorted, as it is simply not good for anyone (including the illegal migrants) as the world cannot presently operate in a format where people can just barge into any country without due process. BUT for goodness sake, there is no need to treat them like animals or pile on the hate. They are still human beings. It is the government’s job to find a means of sorting it, and I am certain technology is what’s needed to put an end to illegal migration. But the rhetoric has become so dangerous that we are endangering lives
At present, the situation looks hopeless. Hate is winning massively everywhere you look. I honestly do not know how one can take just one look at someone and build up so much hate towards them; has to be a mental illness for sure.
These are dire times!!
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