Hate in the Name of Love

Hatred spreads and forces you to change yourself, even when the person, or group of people you hate is "in the name of the light"(38). Everyone wants to believe that they are fighting for the right cause, and when it comes down to it all, they will be able to say that they stood on the right side of the fight. They are sure that because they are fighting for those they love, they are on the side of the light. "Hate is the darkness" (38) and that means that that as long as it is love a person is fighting for, they are right. Through the use of the word "Fascist" it can be assumed that this passage refers to World War II and more specifically the Holocaust. The woman talks about the difference between light and dark, love versus hate. "We've got to hate Fascists and that's considered perfectly all right."(38) informs us that when the woman refers to herself she is fighting the Nazi party. She talks about how the only reason that they, the Jewish people and others fighting against oppression, hate  is because "our hate is better than theirs," for they "hate them in the name of love". She further explains that hate is infectious, complicated, because they have been forced to revolt against those harming them. The best way to do this is by hating the fascists back. But due to the fact that "hate is the darkness,"(38) it creates a problem in the sense that they must become "a little bit like them in order to fight them." (38). As this new hate increases and develops, it pulls a person father away from who they truly are.
The real question, however, that the author forces the reader to consider is who is on the right side. Of course the thought that the Nazi party could ever have been in the right is alarming. But what must be considered is why the fascists began to fight in the first place? Was it not that they first choose to hate Jewish people in some misguided sense that they were right? The fascists could have easily believed that they "hate[d] in the name of the light"(38).