The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
I'm TOO SELFISH TO HATE
ANYBODY
by N. ID. Cochran

Some people belong to a church. Some people be-
long to party. have belonged both to party and
a church. But / long ago quit belonging to either.
There Is good In all churches and some good in all
parties. But If ] belong one church / am liable
to miss all the good there is In all the rest Of them
If belong to party can't have all the good in
all parties belong to
I'm selfish enough to want to grab off all the
good in the world get my fingers and have
it belong to
The beauty about this attitude is that don't hate
anybody. 1 don't hate Catholics. Protestants, Jews.
Buddhists, Mohanmedans, Christian Scientists, The
osophiss, Hindobs, Agnoscs Atheists. don't hate
Republicans, Democrats, Socialists, Bolshevists
Anarchists. l don't hate Vets and don't hate Drys.
There may be much in all these matters Of opinion
that I don't believe in. but that's no reason why
should hate anybody who does believe In of them
can get along in neighborly with any of them
SO long as they don't try to force their opinions and
prejudices me.
There nothing idealistc about it. It's pure self
ishness. In my youth did my share of hating, but
found that Of the time those hated didn't know
anything about it but We're blssfuly unconscious Of
my hatred, while it was bohering like the dickens.
So / figured it out. Hatred Furnishes the one who
hates more than the one who is hated. The hater
thinks about It and it upsets his glands of internal
secretion, while the hated Is probably not thinking
about it at all and is going about his business and
having a good time
That means that it doesn't pay to hate anybody.
l made interesting discovery in my experience as
something Of fighting editor and that was that if
going to fight fellow in politics It was bad
business to get acquainted with him. 1t was a cinch
I would find good in him and it's darn hard
fight fellow you know.
When you get acquainted personally with
Catholics, Jews, Democrats Republicans, Vets, Drys
and thing another you find that after all they
all people. Whether you agree with them not
they make good neighbors long they mind their
business and you mind yours. There lots of things
neghbors talk about without getting differ
of opinion on religion politics. Anyhow, you
can't settle differences of opinion about religion and
politics by fighting them out in prize ring the
sidewalk
So why get all het up. about these differences of
opinion? Why hate your neighbor because he
taught thing and you taught another? For
that's all differences of opinion religion amounts
NOBODY knows the truth. Most of profess one
religious political faith because fathers
mothers did. None of reasons it out enough to
know much about It, None of knows that he is
right All of have a right to believe that our
fathers taught to believe But of has~4ny
right to punish anybody who doesn't believe
believe,
When you told to love your neghbor your
self there religious political strings to it.
Anyhow, am just selfish enough to want to happy
and I'll be darnsd If I'm going to let anybody ese's
opinion make me unhappy. If he wants to believe
the is made of cheese it's all right with
me, and won't even argue with him. Certainly /
won't hate him.