The Cure for Hate: Ep 3: Crossing the Rubicon: When Pain Becomes Power

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We're in episode three — Crossing the Rubicon. In this episode we follow Tony's journey from a restless, defiant teen to a young man who finds belonging in violence. What began as pain turned to power, and power without purpose became destruction. We explore how isolation, ideology, and social structures can escalate anger into hate and how community and systems can feed that fire.

This episode asks hard questions about where aggression becomes armor, what lines people cross when pain goes unhealed, and how compassion and truth can be the antidote. Tony's story is a warning and a mirror: every heart has a Rubicon it can cross if pride drowns out conscience. The cure for hate starts with seeing people as God does and choosing compassion over control.

Join us as we pray for healing, reflect on the cost of violence, and prepare for Chapter 4 where the movement goes public and hate learns to wear a mask. Thank you again for joining me on the Morris Perspective Podcast. I'm your host, Connie Morris — retired police officer, educator, author, and a voice for change. At the Morris Perspective, we confront uncomfortable realities, laugh when life demands it, and recover the history they hope we will forget. This is real talk for real people.

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