Human beings began expressing their thoughts through speech, evolving into highly intelligent creatures. They started using limited resources efficiently from an economic standpoint, leading to the formation of inequality and comparisons, and now our society finds itself at the peak of this phenomenon. Generations, races, genders, religions, politics, and ideologies have divided us, and animosity has grown between these factions. Constructive dialogue has become almost impossible, as each side is unable to communicate with the other.

Partisanship is a prevailing concept that explains this sociological phenomenon. It creates a bias towards one's own camp, viewing it with excessive positivity, while the opposing camp is seen through an excessively negative lens. Another problem with partisanship is that it uses every social issue to incite one's own camp with irrational propaganda, blaming the opposing camp for everything. 

Moreover, it exaggerates and distorts the mistakes of the opposite camp and rationalizes the flaws within one's own camp with unreasonable logic. The advanced internet has become the playground for these provocateurs, serving as the fastest and easiest medium to disseminate fake news to vulnerable individuals lacking a sense of self.

Humans have started hating each other due to this partisanship, leading to conflicts and even killings. In such a conflict-ridden situation, we must learn to respect each other and put an end to hatred toward one another. The astronomer Carl Sagan once said, "For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love." We must love one another and work towards breaking down the boundaries and flaws between the factions.

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