How to stay positive and non-violent in a world full of evil?
I try my hardest to believe that everyone deserves empathy and compassion, and that we should do our best to approach everything in a non-militant manner. But I constantly see news about the most terrible people committing heinous acts, often showing no regret - a man sitting on his motorcycle waiting to turn, randomly beaten to death with a baseball bat on a bet. An infant beaten by their parents with a wooden spoon. Children being kidnapped and murdered, and then I see people argue that they "had it coming" because they interpreted a casual picture of them as being "provocative".
I know these stories reflect a minority of people, and that the news we hear and pay attention to is biased towards negativity. But it's the actual existence, in general, of this evil that makes me furious and desperately wanting to be able to do something about it.
How do I come to terms with the worst of humanity and learn to empathize with them? I really don't want to become bitter and resentful of others, any more than I already have.
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