Not sure how any of you may feel, but I feel like there is just so much hate in the country and the world at the moment. The real question is why? If God is love, then why is there so much hatred? The short answer is that God has given temporary control of the world to Satan and He is known as the Father of Lies.
John 8:42-47New International Version (NIV)
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. 43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! 46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
If I had to guess, people are listening to the lies that Satan is whispering in their ears. Not sure why, but my guess is it already plays into their fears and/or what they are thinking/being told. Also, hearing the truth can be painful, so it is just easier to listen to and accept the lies. What people do not understand is that by listening to these lies and ignoring the truth, it is driving them further and further away from God.
James 4:7New International Version (NIV)
7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Lord I pray that people hear the truth even if they do not like what they hear and it convicts them, they will learn to listen and accept. I pray they are able to recognize that Satan is lying to them and are able to resist. I realize that not everyone will be able to do this, but there will always be that one who will.