We live in a hateful and hurting world. Today it's the people of Brussels who have felt it and who are suffering the consequences. All I can do is offer them a wish for peace, hope and strength as they struggle through the events of the day. I can also speak out about about hateful language and hateful policies. It's shameful that in my country, people involved in a political campaign for President are using these events for their own political purposes and that they're spewing words of hate, torture and bigotry. Hate plus hate always equals more hate. Reactive policies, repressive policies only feed the root cause what the world id dealing with. Historically, young people have always been radicalized by repression. The acts of terror in Brussel are meant to cause reactive and repressive responses.
A small part of what we can do is to offer our support to people who have been attacked, senselessly as they went about their daily lives. And yes, we need to slow down the haters, step back and try to understand how to move forward. The work of peace is hard, very hard.
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