Letter: Emotion most to blame for nation’s divide is frustration - Gainesville Times

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Letter: Emotion most to blame for nation’s divide is frustration

Police move in to Piedmont Park to prevent protesters from toppling a Confederate monument with a chain after they spray-painted it Aug. 13 in Atlanta. The peace monument at the 14th Street entrance depicts a angel of peace stilling the hand of a Confederate soldier about to fire his rifle. Protesters decrying hatred and racism converged around the country on Sunday, saying they felt compelled to counteract the white supremacist rally that spiraled into deadly violence in Virginia. - photo by Associated Press

0822-Charlottesville — Police move in to Piedmont Park to prevent protesters from toppling a Confederate monument with a chain after they spray-painted it Aug. 13 in Atlanta. The peace monument at the 14th Street entrance depicts a angel of peace stilling the hand of a Confederate soldier about to fire his rifle. Protesters decrying hatred and racism converged around the country on Sunday, saying they felt compelled to counteract the white supremacist rally that spiraled into deadly violence in Virginia. - photo by Associated Press

We hear so much about hate: They hate us. They hate our way of life. They hate the sight of us.