The hypocrisy of lovers

Unconditional following—much more so in politics than in football—transforms loyalty into obsequiousness, reducing individuals to the passivity of a fanatic supporter who cheers without demanding anything. The preachers of "love conquers hate" are that type of obsequiousness par excellence, and their hypocrisy is fully exposed on social media, a virtual place where expressions of hate from the "loving" abound in a revealing phenomenon. And so, i…