{"id":279,"date":"2020-09-18T03:02:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T07:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/bloodycoflict\/?p=279"},"modified":"2020-09-18T15:38:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T19:38:51","slug":"do-we-love-to-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/bloodycoflict\/2020\/09\/18\/do-we-love-to-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"Do We Love to Hate?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The main theme that we have discussed and seen in class is divide and conflict, whether it be the divide between groups of people or the divide within oneself and their own beliefs and actions. Both the novel and film versions of The Informer <\/em>provide great illustrations of such conflict, whether it be between the groups or within the individuals themselves. In his letters, MLK also spoke of the divide and conflicts not only between white people and African Americans but also within the revolutionary group. In its entirety, 1968 is a year comprised of different divides becoming increasingly more contentious and eventually explosive.
There have been many blog posts about history repeating itself and questions and theories as to why this is true. One I\u2019d like to propose is that we, as a species, feel the need to categorize and group this, usually to help us understand things better. It was thus inevitable that we would begin to do this with ourselves. In a class I took last semester called \u2018Race and Racism\u2019, we learned and spoke about race being a social construct and being (incorrectly) used to explain differences in physical appearances within the human species and then (once again, incorrectly) projected to \u2018inherent\u2019 qualities and differences between the man-made groupings. The way of dividing has resulted in animosity festering between the said groups. The main reason I thought of this was because of a quote I read in War on an Irish Town which stated: \u201cA Unionist minister would reply\u2026if the situation was reversed Catholics would do the same thing to Protestants,\u201d (McCann 52). I wonder if Eamonn agrees with this sentiment? Perhaps the man would\u2019ve been correct, everything around us seems to be a power struggle, especially between the groups that have been created in our society: gay, straight, white, Black, Asian, man, woman, nonbinary, etc. Then again, it also seems like a convenient excuse to continue subjugating others without feeling as guilty.
So what of my previous blog post speaking of the role of love in a revolution? MLK and Maya Angelou both seemed to agree that the key ingredient to any successful revolution is love, more specifically agape according to MLK. Yet, as we see the cracks in our society and the different sides of different movements, there seems to be more of a love to hate than anything else. Do we naturally divide and do these divides inevitably create the conflicts we have been discussing in class and witnessing today? Where is the love?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The main theme that we have discussed and seen in class is divide and conflict, whether it be the divide between groups of people or the divide within oneself and their own beliefs and actions. Both the novel and film versions of The Informer provide great illustrations of such conflict, whether it be between the … <\/p>\n

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