Editor, Gazette-Journal:
What is hate; where does it come from? Certainly, we are not born with it.
Does it come from fear of the unknown? Is it taught? Is it from hurt? Is it from misunderstandings or misinterpretations? Is it from anger or resentment or jealousy?
How many things can we blame it on other than ourselves when we always have a choice: to hate or not.
Perhaps we should add more to the blame list: religion, education level, politics, rich, poor, where one lives (state, county, city and of course house), different, foreign, short, tall, skinny, heavy, weak, color, smell, taste. The list could go on.
Hate is a choice.
Our whole life is full of choices, but I believe we are born with love in our hearts through which choices should be made. It is that simple.
Carolyn Bondurant WhittWoodbridge Va.
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