What is so bad about HATE?

1) What makes a hate crime worse than any other average crime?
2) Could we as a country get rid of hate all together?
3) Should the US punish those convicted of hate crimes more than someone charged with a standard crime?
4) Is tolerance enough?

Question 4

What I mean by "Is tolerance enough", is that should we be content with people just be TOLERANT of others that are differ in political, sexual, religious, or racial aspects? OR is there a way to change that feeling of hate all together?

I absolutely do not think that you can change the "hate" that people have in their hearts. It is a natural human emotion that we all have, even when we think we dont : ) While reading the article I was saying in the back of my mind, "I dont really hate anything.....". But we all do. I began to think of some of the things that I hate. I wouldn't phrase some of my feelings as "hate". If there was one thing that I do hate is "hate" itself. So, ya "hate" and "evil". Yes. I hate the fact that there is hate in this world and in our hearts.

But now what do we do about that hate in our hearts and in the world? Based on the article, i think that Andrew Sullivan is saying that we can ever get hate to leave this world, but we can be TOLERANT of others' views rather than hating them. But even when they are tolerant they still aren't clean of the feeling or thought. I think that in the end, we have to be the change we want to see in the world. Start with our own hearts and try to love the rest of the human race. So is tolerance enough? I think so.