Part of this, and not the least part, is because we welcome all viewpoints. We believe everyone has the right to speak up and express their opinions and ideas. We don't hate people because they are different, or because they are women, or because they speak a different language. Americans don't hate. Please don't remind me about slavery, smallpox for Native Americans, etc. We have recognized most of the wrongs of the past, and should now be moving forward. There will probably always be evil individuals, but they don't, or shouldn't, represent a nation supposedly founded on freedom and equality.
Today, it seems we are being encouraged to hate anyone who is not us. How did we let this current government talk us into hating everyone and everything that is different? Just as an example, our President has recently asked that the National Endowment for the Arts be stripped of its funding; because we need to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico to keep our southern neighbors where they belong and out of this country.
There are good reasons government needs to be reformed, but hatred is not, or should not be, one of them. More important would be to care for and respect the environment, provide good health care for all, and endow a good education for our children
