What is ‘hate speech’? It is when someone hates another person to speak. Such an individual usually loves to act as a judge and assumes to know what’s in another person’s heart. He might use words like ‘masquerading as’ when he wants to twist around what that person is saying because he hopes to get more people to hate this same person he hates. In order for him to do that though, he has to direct attention towards who it is he hates.
True hate speech doesn’t target behavior. Instead, the focus is personal. If someone is sincere about what he is saying, then there is no need for him to tack on any particular person to make his point.
Here is an example:
I hate adultery. Adultery is a bad behavior. I don’t like seeing it in other people and I would especially hate to see it crop up in myself. I now know what Jesus meant by his statement, “But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart (or if it’s a woman, then substitute it with, ‘…whosoever looketh on a man to lust after him hath committed adultery with him already in her heart’).” — Matthew 5:28
You have to ‘nip sin in the bud.’ All bad behavior begins with nurturing its malignant thought.
I just expressed my feelings on the topic of adultery. Did I need to include anyone personal who I thought might be masquerading as a friend but in reality is lusting after me? No, but if I did, then the only reason I would be doing so would be for trying to make myself look better by attempting to make another person look bad.
I chose to use what’s in this post for a page. I don’t want this issue getting buried underneath future posts.
