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every hatred is subtly different
if you see something that doesn’t look right
you may have
experienced this before
in one form or
another
you may have known
victims
at least heard of
them
it was all about
their skin, their beliefs
the way they talk
sometimes it’s a book
they read
or forgot to read
the company they keep
or something you just
can’t remember
they’re not like me,
they’re not like you
they’re not like US
at all
something different
you’d think
should make them
interesting
but there seems to be
a hatred
for just about any
difference you could think of
especially for
thinking differently
different habits,
ways
… probably there are
hatreds
for differences that
wouldn’t occur to you
each hatred is subtly
different
and let’s not get
confused about this
you may have had some
strong dislikes in your time
but this isn’t like
how I feel about marmite
or pineapple on my
pizza
it’s not like it’s
too hot, humid today
I’m talking serious
nasty
and however
unreasonable
hate always has its
reasons
people who hate
typically have a legitimate grievance
in the sense that
things are pretty shit for them
or for the ones they
love
this could be quite
geo-political
there’s the system …
I’m thinking money here
climate’s a thing
like your house
struck by lightning
on fire and floating away
in the flood
or you’re just being
ground down
by greedy bastards
with good lawyers
whom you can never
touch
but your hard core
hater is short on
seeing the source of
woes
not much on analysis
wants a shortcut
who’s to blame?
and it’s THEM
the ones with the
funny hats, the pointy shoes
on the wrong end of
the egg
it might be about
someone has something
someone else thinks
they ought to have
… a country for
instance
this one is common
it’s often the case
that people who steal
hate the people from
whom they steal
it’s frequently
difficult to tell where this got started
because it goes so
far back
back before anyone
could possibly remember
never underrate
avarice, greed, covetousness
some people won’t
even know that they’re doing it
and some will say
it’s in THEIR DNA
they did it to us
we have to
and so we go round
again
hate becomes a
compulsion
you may have seen
this on the street
someone abusing somebody
somebody calling
names
throwing fists or a
knife comes out
you can see an
aggressor
you can see a victim
sometimes hard to
tell who’s who though
and it gets confusing
when the victims have
victims
sometimes even the
victims of the victims
can have victims
we can never rule
this out
so it goes on
it happens often for
instance
when you feel that
your people have been murdered
by THEM, whoever they
are
a family member would
do the trick
father, mother,
brother, sister, cousin, husband, wife
any of them killed in
cold blood, locked up indefinitely
had their house
bulldozed, even just lost a limb
been driven mad by
torture
or something as
simple as seeing a child blown to bits
the house just next
door reduced to dust
with all your
neighbours in it
these things have an
impact
they can make almost
anyone hate
you’d have to be a
saint sometimes not to
it’s important to not
make weapons available
to people with
serious hate
and on the other hand
some will say but
they need to defend themselves
there’s bay for blood
ask questions later
do you want to live
in that kind of a place?
lately there have
been some idiots quite lacking subtlety
say
‘we’ll just pass a
law against this
that’ll do the trick’
‘we’ll wipe it out…
we’ll exterminate hate’
exterminate doesn’t
sound good
taking the guns away
might be a better bet
don’t you think?
you may have seen it
before
have had to deal with
hate
have had hate spit in
your face
trip you up, hurl
slurs
and if not you then
someone you love
maybe someone you
love makes hate
if only we could draw
a line under it
today is today
this is why you need
to pay attention now
pay attention to the signs
like when you hear
them snarling them a lot
when they say
bring me my pitchfork
feathers, tar, fire
lend me a noose or a
knife
you have to be very
sensitive
the worst haters may
make the least noise
often they just won’t
say
‘we’re about to throw
the bomb now!’
‘we’re about to spray
you with bullets!’
often they just won’t
say
‘watch out! we hate you! we’re coming for you NOW!’
but when you know the
crisis is upon you
PLEASE!
make sure to provide
your dear companion with a mask
before you put your
own on
I'm not naming any names but
if you see something that doesn’t look right
it’s just this world we live in
