"When did we start fearing our neighbor more than we love our neighbor?"

It did not happen overnight. It slowly crept up on us due to what has been perceived as an an ideology of right without responsibilities.

By now there have been generations growing up fully focused on rights without an equal appreciation for responsibilities. The results are: a social discourse based on adversarial approach, loss of trust, sense of voicelessness and marginalisation by some.

The inevitable backlash against this by those whose demands are systematically dismissed or suppressed includes: a charge of "sense of entitlement," ideological oppression (often referred to as political correctness).

When demands (of rights) dominate human relationships, people inevitably will learn to distrust and fear one another.