The hate goes on... but love still trumps hate!

The hate goes on,

the hate goes on.

From the Right and the Left

the hate rolls on.

La-de-da-de-de

La-de-da-de-di

The title for this post as well as the words above were inspired by Sonny and Cher's song "The Beat Goes On".  The impetus for writing this post came from a video which was shared on Twitter and Facebook.  The video was Secretary Hillary Clinton's speech Thursday April 20, 2017 at a luncheon The Center, which is a LGBT community center.  Secretary Clinton was being honored with the TrailBlazer award.

In her speech, Secretary Clinton called for vigilance in protecting and continuing the fight for equal rights in the LGBT community.  She doubted that the current President and his administration would continue to push for or defend those rights.  She called on those attending the luncheon, as well as the wider audience who would watch the video of her speech to never quit. “I know that the election hit a lot of us hard. But I can tell you this: Even when it feels tempting to pull the covers over your head, please keep going.”

That speech would certainly rile up the Hillary Clinton haters on the Right because anything Secretary Clinton says angers them.  But how could such a speech possibly cause anger and consternation on the Left?  That just does not seem possible, does it?  Yet that is exactly what happened.  Comments on Facebook and Twitter were not just from those who applauded her words and thanked her for once again speaking up and speaking out for those causes about which she cares so deeply.  Comments were also authored by those who disdained her words with traces of the never actually expressed but still heard sound of boos.

Once again there were those calls for Secretary Clinton to go away and be quiet.  Once again, the anti-Clinton block on the Left expressed their dismay that she was giving another speech, despite the fact that she was addressing a critical concern for not only the LGBT community, but for everyone who believes in equal rights.  Once again she was criticized for not supporting LGBT rights soon enough and accused of only "jumping on the bandwagon" when it was politically expedient.  Evolving on issues is apparently not acceptable to some people.

Perhaps they were born with every political, philosophical, social and economic position etched in stone in their minds.  But just as we all age and grow and our bodies change, so too, for some of us, do our political, philosophical, social and economic positions grow and evolve over time.  For some of us, the idea of changing political, philosophical, social and economic positions as we move through life experiences demonstrates an evolving and positive view.  For others, perhaps, a narrowing and negative view.  The former is typically lauded while the other typically causes concern.

For some on the Left that is not the case with Secretary Hillary Clinton.  She is not given credit for changing her mind and broadening her views or lending her powerful voice to crucial causes.  Rather she is vilified yet again and accused of political posturing.  Ah yes, the hate rolls on...

Yet still, after all the vitriol, after election results which shocked Secretary Clinton's supporters, after continued Hillary-bashing in the media, on Facebook, on Twitter, in a newly-released book and from some on the left, a poll indicates that eighty-five percent of people who voted for Secretary Clinton would vote for her again.  The reason for this is quite simple actually.  As Secretary Clinton said over and over again:

Love trumps hate!

And yes Hillary Clinton's supporters still love her!

She will continue to speak!  She will continue to be a leader and role model!  Her supporters will continue to follow her, not like mindless beings incapable of having an original thought or unable to discern truth from lies, but as strong people standing behind one fierce woman.