Love has 3 parts to it: affection, trust, respect.

Respect is the foundation of love. One can respect someone and not love them. I differ from the philosophy of "you have to earn my respect". I respect everyone by default. People may take actions to lose respect, but it's always there. For instance, I respect the US justice system, regardless of whether I consider the laws just or not. I respect it because there are legitimate and very real consequences for not adhering to it. 

Trust is also default, but its more limited in scope, and it requires going through more doors to unpack. One can trust someone in the small capacity they share, such as in business, one can trust that a colleague will finish their work, but it may not extend past the business paradigm. 

Affection, however is the aspect most associated with our modern understanding of love. Affection comes in many forms, romantic affection, affection from a family member, affection from a friend, or just emotional affection overall. I carry emotional affection for everyone by default, that's the essence of empathy, but it's shown and used sparingly. For me to transcend default affection towards someone requires a strong showing and feeling of respect and trust that motivates me to move forward. 

Love isn't all hugs and kisses or hallmark cards, love is also the feeling of working together towards a common goal for the goodwill of the whole. 

Love

Rottenhouse

The Kyle Rittenhouse situation is the same scenario as many gang shootings: poorly-raised child taught to aggressively resolve conflicts with violence, arms himself to hit the streets and flex on the ops, winds up getting attacked and subsequently has his sense of hubris driven invincibility threatened, so he reacts in fear and kills somebody 

The difference is that unlike the other ten thousand times it happens where you have the perpetrator quickly flushed through the prison pipeline, this time you have an impartial judge and a significant portion of society supporting him. 

It doesn't surprise me. The minute that judge said that the people shot shouldn't be called victims, I knew what time it was. 😑

Policing

The law is determinant upon whether people choose to follow it or not. The consequences of not following the law are also determinant upon compliance. Its not a given, nor is following court protocol. Most Police follow peaceful protocol. When they don't, the penalty isn't severe enough, hence the protests and the contemporary issues of Police Brutality and abuse. Any unnecessary infraction of aggression by Police should be treated 10X as harsh as a normal crime. These infractions have largely have been ignored or even encouraged, which is unacceptable. When the courts can't discipline our public servants, its up to us as citizens to step in where they have failed.

The Silent Uncool

In this Western society where nonstop hedonism is celebrated and promoted, Who advocates for "the silent uncool"? 

One who lives their life with a strong moral compass who doesn't participate in the unfettered hedonism of the day is often made a pariah. 

The behavior towards them can be mean, insulting and nasty. 

Subsequently, we go out of our way to protect and coddle people who may have done foul, mean, nasty things. We want them to not feel embarrassed, we care about their feelings. This is not a bad thing, everybody deserves to be cared about. It's a virtuous act to have empathy and compassion. 

....BUT, what about the silent ones? Who cares about them. Who reaches out to them to see how they feel?