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Mary W Maxwell's avatar

"So what is society’s biggest problem? hate? or the laws and mechanisms that are restricting speech and our ability to engage in the discussions?"

I'd say they are about equally harmful. Except I don't think a huge number of people are doing the hate; it's mainly chatter supplied by PR (e.g., full-time trolls). [I don't really have any way to find out how many Americans are into hating.]

Lisa, maybe there is a third element. How did the real haters start to do their hating? The emotion of hate strikes me as a pleasant one. People love to mutually hate an enemy or an upstart or whatever.

Hate is often engaged in as a way to offload one's own guilt -- which is pleasant for sure.

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U.S., blackmailed by Israel is funding a massive Palestine genocide. Not exposing it guarantees its success. 😪💔

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