Boring or not, hate sticks. And low-simmering hate is particularly dangerous, because it’s easy to ignore. Hate becomes a pattern, and you learn to hate for the same stupid reasons as everyone else. You hate without even knowing why, not recognizing that hate is a reflection of yourself.
Hate is an insidious thing. It creeps up into your heart when you aren’t looking. I see it a lot in people who don’t think themselves particularly hateful. I’ve seen it in myself and had to work really hard to rid myself of it. It’s something I do battle with regularly.
there are a million moments when you are made accountable to your lack of compassion and openness to the experiences of others, and that part of you will always still be there, nagging and pulling. Sometimes hate stays the same way it did before, and sometimes it lives on in racism, sexism and homophobia. Sometimes it just takes a nap.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nico-lang/we-need-to-give-up-transphobia_b_3046302.html
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