How to love your political opponents?

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Here's 2 mins of conservative tears that show how much political opponents can be feared and hated. Dems do the same thing. 

How can this hate be resolved? Or is this hate and fear something that's a healthy and drives political change? Can love solve everything or is hate a practical tool in our politics? 

Edited 9 hours ago by enchanted

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Hate won’t resolve until people want truth more than political victory.

And even then, you will still have disagreements and conflict.

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I'm surprised anyone with that name got votes, But it looks like people are so desperate to get away from Trump that they would vote for anyone.

 

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1 hour ago, aurum said:

Hate won’t resolve until people want truth more than political victory.

And even then, you will still have disagreements and conflict.

Ya true, I agree with your profound and high-level thought. 

I wonder, can we start to love our political opponents, in our own minds, solely to increase the love in the world and to decrease the hate in ourselves? Even though they seem very misguided, unconscious, unintelligent, greedy, and selfish? 

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1 hour ago, integral said:

I'm surprised anyone with that name got votes, But it looks like people are so desperate to get away from Trump that they would vote for anyone.

 

El-Sayed has so many other redeeming characteristics (Captain of football team, is a doctor, a great speaker, presentable, altruistic, etc) that I think many people are willing to look past the name. He is also such a charasmatic speaker that he is able to change the perception of what a Muslim can shown up in the world.

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36 minutes ago, enchanted said:

But can we start to love our political opponents, in our own minds, solely to increase the love in the world and to decrease the hate in ourselves? Even though they seem very misguided, unconscious, unintelligent, greedy, and selfish? 

Yes, but not without truth.

Truth and love are a packaged deal.