The Freedom To Hate

You have the right to hate anyone you want. That right belongs to you, protected by the Constitution you were born under. You get to hate the neighbor three doors down. You get to hate the driver who pulls up beside you at the red light and blasts music you loathe.

You get to hate people who speak a language you never learned, people whose skin looks nothing like yours, people who vote the opposite of you, people who cheer for the team you swore off years ago. Hate all day long if you choose. Hate what they say. Hate what they do. Hate what they think. Go ahead and be the biggest asshole in town. The First Amendment covers all of it.

But Here’s The Deal- We Have Rights Too

You hold the right to hate. We hold the right to tell you where you went wrong. We have the right, and for some of us, the responsibility, to use every legal tool available to shrink hate and stop it cold where the law allows.

While you’re stewing in your hate, we’re busy doing something bigger. We hold the right to love. We show kindness. We lead with empathy and let our actions carry the message. We care about the neighbor three doors down. We care about the stranger at the red light. We reach toward people who speak languages we are still learning to pronounce, people whose skin tells a story we have never lived, people whose politics and economics and worldviews land nowhere near our own. We even reach toward the fan in the jersey you love to boo.

That reach is the whole point of America. The First Amendment gives every one of us room to be exactly who we are, room to listen, to learn, to grow a little better every day. Our differences build our strength. Our shared hunger to do better and leave our kids a kinder world, that hunger has my full attention.

Why Hate Is The Easy Road

Hate takes no skill. Anyone can pull it off. Most people I have met who lead with hate carry the same wounds. Many never got a real education. Many never got good information. Some carry racism handed to them. Some never learned another way.

They never traveled far from home. They never saw how wide and beautiful the world gets. They never sat across the table from someone completely unlike them long enough to hear a whole life story. None of this makes them villains. A small map of the world produced the hate they carry, and their lack of experience puts no obligation on the rest of us to feed it or wave it along.

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New here? Good. I want to ask you something before we go any further. Have you heard the Uncensored Objection theme song yet?

Because if you have not, you are about to. And once you hear it, you get it. You get what this whole thing is about.

Stick around. Press play. Welcome in.

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Lead By Example

We lead by example. We lead with empathy, with kindness, with love, every single day. Someone is always watching. You might know the person who leads with hate. You might love that person. On a hard day, you might have felt the pull yourself. That pull is real, and the people selling it know exactly how to work it.

And remember this. Empathy, kindness, and love are pure strength, because staying open when the world hands you every reason to shut down takes a spine of steel, and holding that line day after day takes a courage most people never build.

Now to the false prophet who built his whole act on that pull. He learned how to take your fear, your frustration, your sense that the country walked off and left you behind, and aim all of it at your neighbor. He wins when you stay angry. He wins when you stay alone.

But here’s the deal. The door out stays open. It stays open for the lifelong hater and for the person who wandered in last week and already wants back out. We hold it open with kindness, and we hold it open on purpose. The rest of us see the game on the table. We know the moves. We are saving you a seat once you walk away from it.

November Is Our Move

This November, in the midterms, you get a real shot to take back majority control of Congress. Win that majority, and the balance of power shifts. Congress regains the subpoena. Congress regains real oversight. Congress regains the power of the purse. The separation of powers comes back to life, and hate loses its free ride. A real majority opens the door to laws and policies built for every American in every state.

Your Choice, Every Single Day

Anyone hates. You owe that hate nothing, no agreement, no polite look the other way.

Double down on love. Double down on empathy. Double down on kindness. Double down on respect. Double down on doing right by your family and your community. People are watching you. People react to you. People follow the example you set. Your example pulls them away from the loudest hater in the room.

I know this holds true. Kindness comes easy once you choose it. Love settles the heart. Reach out a hand, and you fill yourself up.

America Is Worth The Work

America is not perfect. Most of us are not either. I am sharing this as a plain reminder that you hold options. You make decisions every day, from the second your feet hit the floor. Choose the one that moves us forward. Choose empathy. Choose kindness. Choose love.

Then do more than choose. Share this with someone who needs it. Talk about it at your dinner table. Get the people around you registered to vote. Show up in November like your family’s future rides on the outcome, because it does.

The haters are loud. You are stronger. Lead, and watch who follows.

Mitch Jackson, Esq.

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