There are days I dislike humanity. In fact, most days I dislike humanity in one way or another. We are so mean to each other. The actual biological differences between any two people on the earth are insignificant at best. Our DNA is nearly identical to the person sitting next to us or across from us or who is looking down the barrel of our gun.

This isn't a political problem, this isn't a gun problem, this is a people problem. This is why kids are bullying each other in school. This is why the hatred between ethnic groups and gender groups runs so deep. People are mean. People are just plain evil. Evil. That isn't a very popular word. You won't hear a newscaster call a murder evil. You won't hear anyone call the kids evil that bully people to the point of not wanting to live. You won't even hear terrorists called evil out in the open.

But really, aren't we all a little evil? Have you ever watched a couple of toddlers play? Left to their own devices they will inevitably end up fighting over the same toy no matter how many toys are in the room. Adults are no better. No matter how much land and space we have, no matter how many freedoms we are given, we always end up fighting with our proverbial neighbor over something. This is why in an argument we always have to have the last word. When someone hurts us we can't help but want to hurt them back. When someone is different than us we call them weird, or strange, or try and find ways of curing them of the "differentness," or start blaming their parents or their childhood for why they "ended up that way," instead of recognizing the fact that are still a person with nearly identical DNA to our own.

In light of the recent rape case that has been so widely publicized, and the recent shootings, particularly in Orlando, it reminds us once again how essentially villainous people really are. These are people just hurting people because they can. I wish I could trust people not to be hateful just because someone is different than them. I wish I could trust people not to ridicule or harass or hurt other people just because they believe something different or look different. And as I see the evil in others, I see it in myself. It's heartbreaking. I can't trust myself not to pass judgement on someone because they're different than me. If I'm dismissing a person in my heart because they are different than me, I am no better than the Orlando shooter. I am evil too. Gun laws won't fix the problem. Politicians won't fix the problem. People are evil. Only people changing themselves can fix the problem.