Pt. 1: On Hate

This is part one of a two-part series in which I view love and hate.
Some may wonder why I chose to start with hate, and the answer is simple: you see much more hate than love on the ten o' clock news.
Hate corrupts.
It corrupts the body, contorting it with rage and hostility.
It corrupts the mind, polluting it with mental filth and clouding our rationality.
It corrupts the soul, turning it into a snapping, dangerous animal.
Why is it that humans hate? Is it our differences? The way we look and talk? What we believe and think?
Consider the snowflakes, each one being unique. Not one hates another for its differences. One is not individually scrutinized over the other because of its shape, temperature, or manner of falling. They all come together in quiet harmony to create something beautiful.
Some might say "But Mister Metaphor, there are no ethnic snowflakes."
If you're one of those people then you've overanalyzed.
The snowflakes represent humans as humans free of labels based on religion, race, gender, lifestyle, and nationality.
But why is it we cling to these labels instead of recognizing one another as individual beings?
There's a multitude of possibilities. Fear. Ignorance. Generalization. Demonization. The list goes on.
It has been said that Muslims are taught to hate Americans, but are we self-righteous enough to say we aren't being taught to hate?
If you ask the question "Who destroyed the Twin Towers?" in the United States, the overwhelming answer would be "The Muslims," or "The Muslim terrorists."
In a way, by either propaganda or ignorant misuse of terms, we have learned hatred.
We should be learning to love one another as humans instead of constantly bickering about each others' uniqueness.
Every snowflake forms as an ice crystal.
No exceptions.
Every snowflake melts.
No exceptions.

Any coward can hate everyone else, but it takes courage to love anyone else.