Love Hate Relationships

I am normally a liberal person. There are a few points though in contrast that I believe to be true. Contradictions might be a better way to put it. Three common targets of hatred quickly come to mind. What is said about them often contradicts what people do about them. I refer to gays, the military and the United States of America. What some say in public belie a truth too ugly to bear.

Ask many Christians and they will repeat the party line concerning homosexuals. Hate the sin and love the sinner. To begin with hate is not a healthy emotion. Those who repeat this mantra know full well that gays are treated like lepers. Repeating this saying suggests that certain sin is worse than another. It then becomes a short path to the next bit of logic for these lovers of humanity. If the sin is worse so must be the sinners. This is when the seed of hatred bears its bitter fruit.

Few enjoy war. Our young men and women, for their own reasons, volunteer their lives in service to protect you and yours. Anti-war protesters talk a good game. It is not the soldiers they rail against but the fighting and death. Yet when our sons and daughters return from battle they are soon forgotten. Where are the marches and rallies for the ones who survived? Our military are not loved when they fight and are reviled as reminders of our collective shame.

There are countless liberals who criticize this country. Their defense is simplistic. They love the United States but hate her policies. They declare that they only seek to change that which is unjust. There is a major flaw in this theory. Too many never get involved or get their hands dirty. They behave as if loudly complaining is an original idea. Bold action is taken by those who truly care while the whiners sit back and wonder why stagnation occurs.

People talk about differences but talk is all you get. One cannot split a hair and say one part is good and the other bad. We love the one but despise the other. This is not how our minds work. Despite what some may insist they do not split that hair whatsoever. It is all too common to hate gays, soldiers and our country as a whole. If we are to accept any subculture it cannot be with strings attached. I would rather one spew venom honestly than smile at the camera while holding a knife behind their back.