Let the Hate Begin

The next moment a hideous, grinding screech, as of some monstrous machine running without oil, burst from the big telescreen at the end of the room.  It was a noise that set one’s teeth on edge and bristled the hair at the back of one’s neck.  The Hate had started.[i]

George Orwell’s “Two Minutes Hate” has begun (and is likely to last far longer than one hundred and twenty seconds.  And with our access to twenty-four hour “news” coverage and to social media sites on the internet – our Two Minutes Hate can be a full 24 Hours Hate.

Now that suspects have been identified in the Boston Bombing- and one has already been killed in an explosive gun battle with police – we can begin our hate proper.

quotes collected from FB:

“how cool would it be to hear reported if a lawful gun handling citizen took care of business...”

“get that bastard!!!!!!! shoot his balls off and torture him to a very very long and slow death.”

“[his] eyes are empty which means you have no soul.”

“He is a face with empty eyes...lost.”

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[i]  Orwell, George.  1984,