The most unnerving change with the gradual fading of my partisan tendencies is that I now love almost everyone, fundamentally, as individuals.
This causes a lot of embarassment, including realizing I no longer hate people I have been very committed to hating fr the longest time.
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Even if I think you're a complete idiot*, chances are I still think you're OK and just some shade of misguided.
It takes a much more exacting standard for me to ascribe malice, although some people still work hard to meet it...
* Much like myself.
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As with most transformations, it doesn't have any obvious genesis, save that certain beliefs stopped making sense to me.
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In a sense, it's an attenuated version of my dating habits writ large, so now I am at least a little bit suspicious of it.
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One of the central problems with loving people through their flaws is how often they refuse to do themselves the same favor.
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It is never constructive to hate someone
Though it's a useful tool to have in your arsenal, because it can help keep that person from doing you more harm
When their capacity to cause damage has faded, then letting go of lingering hatred is a good idea. Tho maybe not before then.
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If someone is truly deserving of hate, I think they've also reached a point of corruption where death would be a mercy.
Such individuals do sadly exist.
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