The anarchist Emma Goldman wrote: "To those who say hate does not give birth to love, I reply that it is love, human love, that often engenders hate".
It is, for all its melodramatic trappings, a profoundly unsentimental story in which hate engenders hate: Rachel's father, the long-suffering Éléazar, becomes as fanatical as the Christians who denounce him.
Power mongers see that dissatisfaction as a way to become popular by identifying the "other" in society, then blaming the "other" and skillfully engendering hate of the "other," convincing the masses that conquering the "other" will bring back prosperity.
If anyone needs to apologize here, it's those sponsors who withdraw their support from Letterman's show; those major networks like CNN who give Sarah Palin ammunition by running her impotent claims, and anyone else who supports a climate that engenders censorship, hate, and lies.
As such we need help, but not the kind that engenders self-hate only.
It engenders both love and hate.
Fuelled by the hate and fear engendered by images of dismembered children or women suffering from the effects of chemical weapons, disaffected youth from around the world rushed to Syria, fuelling an ever more violent race to the bottom.
His books describe the rage and hate that relentless humiliation inevitably engenders – as colonialism did, in its time.
"Hate crimes, no matter their form, engender fear and have no place in our society," said Acting U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg in a statement.
The children's desire to be normal again resonates throughout the book, as do the words "peace" and "hate," words inadequate for the emotions engendered by the abuses they endured and the crimes they saw.
