The hate comment was in reference to Bill's post about the people who proclaim to hate hate, yet are all about it when it is their hate. I don't expect it to stop, so carry on.
Humans have and will continue to be quite depressing. I feel ya.
And to be clear, my frustration really is in general, and not really directed at anyone specific here. I am just so sick and tired of the negativity and division.
As am I. Kev, you don't post in P/R, but I don't know if you read there; I pretty much post once a day - minimum - about that divisiveness being THE primary problem facing the US right now. I deeply believe it's driven by a deep, systemic insecurity, and that same insecurity is a contributor to our mass killing problem, our suicide problem and a host of other ills. The political bickering is just one symptom of it.
I watched a 20/20 episode about the University of Idaho killings; they interviewed the parents of one of the girls - last name, Goncalves - and I finally had to fast forward over their parts. EVERY interview was confrontational or self-affirming, but in a really awkward, off-putting way. The police kept the investigation VERY quiet, and in hindsight, it was the right thing to do. They handled that investigation almost PERFECTLY, and had the suspect in their sights within days of the murder, even though they didn't arrest him till almost a month later. In the intervening time, they kept collecting evidence, and they way they handled it, the suspect did several things that will now help implicate him in court. Masterful.
And the one thing they asked was, they would give info to the families a day or so before, but asked that they keep it quiet. Not that family, though. They had to go public and declare how "brave" their daughter was, and that SHE alone had "defensive wounds" (contrary to some of the other evidence that was found). That might compromise the case against this killer. In each interview they were consistently puffing out their chest - "that guy picked the wrong family!" kind of stuff. In the court room the dad was all "I kept staring at him, daring him to look me in the eye." And I kept thinking, "Dude, this isn't about your masculinity. Chill the fuck out. I get it your daughter was brutally slaughtered at the doorstep of the prime of her life, but you HAVE to let the experts do what they do, and get the hell out of their way". What was dad going to do? Fight the guy in court? It just struck me as exceedingly "American", that "we've got to fight even to our detriment even if it jeopardizes all we claim to stand for".