You know what i think is pathetic?
That we have a “pledge” against bullying.
And that there are lawyers in the States “rewarding” nominated students with MONEY for not tolerating bullying.
That stories like Amanda Todd's are becoming more frequent.
Since when are pledges and cash rewards necessary to be a decent human being?
When did parents stop teaching their kids to be kind to EVERYONE regardless of race, gender, sexuality, beliefs etc etc etc.
There will always be a reason to hate someone. There will always be someone you disagree with.
But since when does that justify hate?
When did kids become terrors? When did they become insensitive and heartless and so HATEFUL?
When did parents start teaching their children that they’re better or worse than their peers because they’re different?
While i believe only the smallest fraction of parents purposely spawn hate and disgust, how many parents are spawning these terrible traits just in the way they live their lives? The way they talk about other people, they way they treat other people. Bullying doesn’t stop when we graduate high school. We’re just told to “grow a pair” and deal with it. Our generation and those younger than us are learning hate from our ELDERS. Our parents- our grandparents even. If we want THIS generation to change, the generation that’s RAISING us needs to step it up and practice what they preach. In the words of Nelson Mandela, “No one is born hating another person.” If you don’t like where the younger generations are heading, if you don’t like where YOUR generation is heading - lead by example and stop complaining how it’s “society’s fault”. You are society. I am society.
I’m sick of excuses. It won’t kill you to be kind.
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
