Hatred sparked is hatred spread quickly.....

Once a form of hatred has sparked it has the opportunity to be spread like a fatal wildfire.......not ending......relentless to any reasonable thought, love, mediation, or common sense that comes to extinguish it. I was speaking with a friend last night and we were talking about recent events that have caused a rally of more people reaking havic on my name for fabricated reasons unknown still, and in thought, wondered why it seems with age and wisdom (for most that actually mature past high school) that when someone is dimeaning someone's character for reasons that are usually unjustified that it seems to be almost like a hurricane or a storm rather than just a rain storm like back in the day. My theory is the millions of ways that social communication makes it extra easy for it to be a public endeavor rather than before when you didn't have as easy of access, if any access at all, to social networking/media. I absolutely love the freedom of speech and the fact that even as times have modernized, that we have so many ways to voice our opinions and thoughts and it's for all to see if we want it to be. The only problem with this is that all the hatred that stems from whatever and about whoever is nothin' but a click a way.....you can upload a video......post a status.....publish a blog....launch a website......air a newscast.....publish a book/magazine.......send an e-mail......send a text message......there is a plethora of one step away opportunities that have been created for both good and bad people to socially voice themselves for any and all reasons they see fit at any given time. There's typically no logical thought or 3-step process (Listen ->Think ->Speak) that takes place before you click the button, and after you click the button it is like a magical wand that 80% of people want to get their hands on for the power it can possibly exude in their lives. Comment here, share this, forward that.......all forms of potential retaliation if in the hands of the bad people with a little or lot of hatred or possibly just socially odd or out casted......creating potential explosions rather than just stones in the road to trip over. I kind of miss the days of simplicity......."telephone".......point and whisper........spread a small rumor to your little group of friends.....make a spiteful/disgusted face.....create a march for a cause.........those had an effect but nothin' like it is this day in age. These days if you aren't strong in mind and you have access to witness all the hatred spreading, whether it is about you or someone else, you might not mentally or emotionally make it. It isn't easy to ignore hatred this day in age, but you must be strong, know your worth, be sure of your actions being true. Don't fret because no matter what stories are fabricated or blown out of proportion about you to benefit someones hatred, you are YOU, and you have the option to continue being YOU or become a person that stoops down to their levels and lose who you are in the end.