People just seem to love to hate

Dolly Parton says the reason the country is so fractured is Americans relish in hating one another.

"I think we've just become so divided because people just seem to love to hate," the "9 to 5" singer said in a weekend interview with "Sunday Today's" Willie Geist.

The legendary 74-year-old songwriter shared a message of unity while promoting, "A Holly Dolly Christmas," her new holiday album, saying, "This is the Christmas season coming up. But we need to carry that Christmas spirit of peace on Earth, and loving one another." More here.

This is something I have been thinking about for a while now. We have a disturbingly large proportion of our populations who do just love to hate and politicians are taking advantage of that.