Several days have passed since Omar Mateen unleashed a metallic shower on a crowd of unsuspecting men and women at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Unsuspecting people in the sense that when each individual left home to go out with their friends or to dance the night away, none of them had any clue that they may never see their families again. Here we are days later, the people of society fighting on Facebook over his potential allegiance to ISIS. Gun control is once again in question, and someone on Comedy Central is cracking jokes about assault rifles resembling male appendages. Too soon? Absolutely.

Technology advancements have been both a curse and a blessing to our society. The blessing side is the easier access to information that we have. I didn't have to wait until Monday to see the headlines on my local morning broadcast or for the paper to be delivered to the house. Instead, on that Saturday night, when I was waltzing the lively streets of my own town unsuspecting, I was able to see the New York Times headline "Praising Isis, Gunman Attacks Gay Nightclub, Leaving 50 Dead in Worst Shooting on U.S. Soil" linger on my phone screen.

The downfall to societal growth is what we do with the information given to us. I'm not one to post my deepest intellectual thoughts on my status because it has never felt like my place to do so. I wasn't there in Orlando. I didn't know Omar Mateen nor did I know Amanda Alvear, Antonio Brown or Mercedes Flores — to name a few of Mateen's victims. It wasn't until Mateen tore through the hearts of many that I learned he had once been suspect to previous terrorism investigations conducted by the FBI. Who else knew about that? Exactly. I cannot post a status thinking that I know the situation inside and out when clearly I do not. There is always information withheld from us in some form or fashion.

My greatest struggle with everything I've read both on Facebook and in the most eye-catching headlines is how we're treating Orlando. The city has become a spectacle and an example for what we do not want to happen again. Eddie Justice's text messages to his mother became one of the spectacles for the tragedy. His final conversation with his mother was exploited to pull on our heartstrings as if this didn't hit us in the face hard enough. Outsiders are always going to remember Eddie as the man who texted "Mommy I love you" at 2:06 a.m. on Sunday morning. His mother will say something different, though. Eddie Justice had his own personality that pushed him above the rest, something memorable that made his friends and family love him deeply.

I ask of you to stop arguing. It's time to start listening to each other instead of shouting your opinions and closing your ears to others. We are human beings that treat each other like objects that get thrown away when we're bored. Days before Orlando, Facebook was having a meltdown over the fate of Harambe the gorilla in the Cincinnati Zoo. Now that the world has had time to process Orlando and everyone has aired out their dusty gun control opinions, the next big thing will probably be the alligator attack in Florida and the competency of the boy's mother.

Now is the time to stand together. Stop using these attacks as methods to further your political agendas. The government uses us enough for that when presidential races roll around. One man was responsible for this from what evidence shows. As far as the authorities know, he was not directly involved with major terrorist groups. His comments and pledged allegiances were all his own doing. Now because he has claimed such an allegiance, many will use that to blame the Muslim people as a whole saying that we're nourishing terrorism on our own soil. Please watch this video to see over 200 Muslim people break their Ramadan to pray for Orlando as the city processes and heals from this historical catastrophe. This group of people that others are accusing of being monsters did what they had to do to prove themselves to our nation. Patriotism is supposed to be the carefully constructed backbone of this nation, but it has driven us to outcast those that stand with us.

We are all at fault here. Sandy Hook raised the question of gun control, but it wasn't technically acknowledged as a hate crime because Adam Lanza was a white male terrorizing a group of children. Race, sexuality, gender, religion, etc. were not involved. His sanity was questioned, not his race.

Hate has rotated this planet on its axis for many centuries now, and the hate continues to find unique ways to grow. The hate must end. Let us stand together as people, let us come together to love. It is time to stop seeing each other's race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc. This is the moment when we must begin to see each other as brother and sister. Allow love to rush through your veins and to overwhelm you into gracious acts of kindness.

I was able to go home Saturday night and see the morning light on Sunday. That is a blessing. I can't say the same for the victims of Orlando or even their families. Friends and family of those lost will wake up to gray skies daily no matter what the Sunshine State brings because a part of their life has been demolished. That's if they're even able to fall asleep.

We are a single nation fighting against a common enemy. Learn who the real enemy is here. This needs to be the collective beginning of the revolution against hate.