hate_groups

This is probably the most serious thing on my whole website.

I think most of you have seen the banner above in some form or another. It is not the only banner that I have seen that reminds me that there are groups out there that are developed for no other reason than hate, but its the most obvious and the one that bothers me the most.

I have a few things to say about the whole Matthew Shepard killing and aftermath.

No he was not the first person in the United States who was killed for no reason other than hatred. I think that hatred is probably one of the most popular reasons for killing in the USA or anywhere else for that matter. He is one of the more famous faces, that you see that reminds you that people are killed out of hatred with no intelligent reason though.

Unless you are really worried about your own sexual identity why in the world would it matter to you if someone else is gay or bi or transgender. I mean the whole world is full of people that are different. We "say" its one of the things that makes our country so strong.

Before I go deeper into hate groups let me say more on the Matthew thing first. I think for one that it was one of the most tragic things I have ever heard of. I have sat and read the story of what happened to him and I can not believe it occured in the USA, and then I start to think about the people I know in real life, and I wonder why it does not happen more often. I think thats a shame on us as a species, a nation and as neighbors.

I read the story and one thing hit me harder than anything else. It said his face was covered in blood except for where the tears were coming down. I guess that bothered me because it leads me to believe the blood stopped before the tears did. Usually a person goes numb and stops crying after a while when they are really hurt, but I dont think he was crying because of the pain. I think maybe it was the shame of finding himself in this position, or maybe it was because he knew what this would do to his mother, or maybe it was just because he could not believe he trusted those guys enough to get himself in this situation and he felt so stupid about it... I am not sure why he was crying but the picture I get in my head from it makes me so mad I am ready to fight myself. I guess the fact that he was still crying when the blood stopped may not bother everyone, but it does bother me. I guess its the image of him there dying and feeling so stupid or so helpless and so lonely.. It should bother us all, and if it does not bother you ... then you are probably one of the people who I mentioned as a "christian" earlier... (notice the c is not capitalized, thats because it has nothing at all to do with Christ)....

Now on to the rest of my private little speach here. Why in the world would someone hate someone else because the pigment of their skin is different? I mean whats next hating people with blonde hair, how bout blue eyes, I mean there are so many differences in us we are always gonna be able to spot them if we are trying... but there is so much more about all of us thats the same... why not concentrate on that instead.

Ok so you may have a different belief than me in the God you worship... Well I cant say you are right, but I cant say you are wrong either. No one can... why not believe what you want to and let me do the same. I mean almost all the religions tell us to be kind to our neightbor, and they almost all say to do good things (if we were really following what the religion teaches)... what if by chance it is just one God and he told different people to worship in differnet ways... I mean I didnt get to ask him before he made the universe, so I guess its possible... what do you think he would think of what we are doing to each other in his name?

I guess there are way to many types of hate for me to go into all of them. I understand what its like to not like someone.. I have feelings like that too for some people... I dont think I can say I dislike any one group of people though based on something they have no control over... I tend to dislike people more for what they do or say then for what they are born into or what God they worship...