How we love to hate

Everytime I log onto Social Media, a Taylor Swift's song, where she rightly says "haters gonna hate hate hate", starts playing in my head. Going by the way people interact with each other over these platforms, I wonder how we haven't ripped off each other's heads yet. Every nook and corner of SM/ Internet is filled with these hateful exchanges. The cause varies but the abuse remains constant. It could be Republicans vs Democrats, INC/AAP vs BJP, Taylor vs Katy or SRK vs Salman, even something as silly as Gulab Jamun vs Rasgulla (Not that the other reasons are any better). Eventually it boils down to hurling obscenities.

Contrary to popular belief, I think, everyone is targeted equally, men/women, old/young, white/black/brown alike. It might seem like celebrities are targeted more, but then their visibility and reach is also much higher.

Are we born haters? Or is it that this smaller chunk of the population makes the loudest noise? Or the anonymity of this platform brings out the devil in us? Or we think verbal abuse/threats are inconsequential? "Baby I'm just joking, I won't kill ya, literally 😉"

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