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Why do people hate?
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| I just recently got really acquainted with the Laramie Project: killing of a gay man named Matthew Shephard simply because he was gay, and i got so mad. Granted that people aren't saints and we fear the "unknown", but isn't there a limit to how far people go to assert their superiority? How can people kill another human being simply because he's differen't? i understand how people are born 'evil' or whatever, but like that thing in Angel Sanctuary, if you spell evil backwards, it spells life. If evil is necessary to survive, it's justified. killing someone who doens't threaten you is NOT justified. If there is a god, then he must've been a bi, because he created humans in the likeliness of himself, that's what i firmly believe. How can any killing be justified by religion? I know the Crusades and stuff, but i still believe that they were all wrong. God don't approve of people killing each other, his own children killing each other. So, why are we doing it? |
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on 2007-05-01 16:11:21 |
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Well, to me, God is doing his job as a Divine Entity. Because the Human race, no matter how the likeness of Him we look, He gave us the power of Free Will. because of that, we disobeyed him in many an occasion. Evil is always complemented with Good and vise versa. Like life, there is always death. Everything has a complement. A tree complements the Earth. The Earth complements the galaxy, the galaxy complements the universe. There is no limit to how far people can go to assert their superiority. Humanity and sanity knows no bounds if given the right push in the wrong direction. You must understand that in every aspect, if there was no killing, life would continue without advance. We wouldn't have competition because competition encourages hate which encourages the thought of getting rid of competition which leads to killing. In every aspect, there is no end to what a human mind can do. People are always afraid of massive change. If we, the United States, were to enter a massive World War III, everyone would be afraid, everyone would be angry about this change, and everyone would eventually kill others. People are subtle to change in that sense in which anything that goes against their beliefs it must go. They cannot accept it they don't want to embrace it. Not saying everyone loves to kill and rather embrace crap rather than difference. God is God, one with no sex. He has no sense of sexual pleasures. But a human, given the freedom of choice, has the choice to love a man to a man, or a woman to a woman or a man to a woman. There is no limit.  |
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on 2007-05-01 17:46:53 |
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In my opinion I think that people kill each other not just for superiority like in some cases, but because they have convinced themselves that what they think is right and absolutely is right. This is not uncommon, people. You can see it in the wars with Creationists vs. Scientists. Ok, back to the self-convincing thing. When one has entirely convinced oneself into thinking one thing, one would convince others to think the same. I guess this is how it all started. One person thought he/she knew everything and spread the disease around. Thus, today we have many ideas that the majority agrees on entirely. Like how the majority of the world thinks that homosexuals are wrong and disgusting. I hope this helps….??? Note: I am, if you are wondering, a homosexual also. I also do not believe in any god (don’t burn me for putting it in lower case) but in a higher being because there are just some things that science doesn’t answer like how people feel when they’ve had a brush with death. 
So I drove into a parking lot one time and saw this person pull into a handicap parking spot. When you think handicap, you think wheelchair and whatever, right? So it just ticked me off when I saw the guy come out of the car perfectly fine. So then I ran him over. |
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on 2007-05-01 17:57:38 |
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That is debatable celeriter. One feels left out in one's society, thus one will follow others in hopes of gaining recognition. Those that falsify themselves into thinking that their way is the right way is no different than viewing themselves as Divine rather than trash. Hitler for example took hatred on the jews. He had his views of perfection and he himself viewed himself as a Divine entity. Things like the holocaust are ones that give proof that one CAN strive for that Divine aura, but no one can achieve true Divinity, but rather mass Demonocity. A food for thought, can you say that you've ever went into a conversation and always agreed with someone else just because everyone else said the same? Didn't you feel that rush of acknowledgement as soon as you knew that you were accepted as one of them, thinking and acting like them? When one becomes vulnerable, one is easily manipulated into believing one thing from another. Hilter used the Germany Great Depression to his advantage and managed to gather undying loyal subjects from his campeign. As for your homosexuality, no one here really cares. No one cares if you did not capitalize GOD, because if you view God as a name, then why say GODS as a plural? Science cannot answer many things. It's still in much it's adolecense, so give it time. Otherwise, there is no hope for advancement. |
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on 2007-05-01 18:07:05 |
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I indeed have done that before. Going into a conversation and agreeing with whatever another person says just because the majority also agreed. Yes, I did feel “that rush of acknowledgementâ€. But this normal for any human. As a human being we all need social interaction to survive, and so goin’ with the crowd is a common option. I mean, wouldn’t you go mad if you had nothing to talk to but a deflated volley ball? :) I just pleaded for no one to burn me for not capitalizing the “g†because I don’t like dealing with extremists.
So I drove into a parking lot one time and saw this person pull into a handicap parking spot. When you think handicap, you think wheelchair and whatever, right? So it just ticked me off when I saw the guy come out of the car perfectly fine. So then I ran him over. |
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on 2007-05-01 19:05:18 (edited 2007-05-01 19:06:26)
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One of a better explanation I heard, which I tend to agree, is that when people dehumanize other, killing becomes justifiable. If I don't consider gay people PEOPLE, then there is not problem getting rid of them like you would animals. Every time there is a genocide, there is dehumanization propaganda going on. I find this explanation simple, and therefore I believe it is true. You might ask where isn't there any self control in killings like these. The answer is when you have a crowd of people being brainwashed by propaganda and fear and stereotype, the crowd becomes chaotic and cannot think for itself. It becomes a massive destructive machine that head straight toward disaster.  |
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| Well the way I see it, people just don't wanna accept people different from what they are used to. |
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on 2007-05-16 11:09:06 |
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well as far as murdering goes, i don't understand it. i don't think even with the best explanation that would. i don't want to. without you's explanation was a logical one and i guess mass hords of people are brainwashed and feel justified, but i still don't know how that is possible, for people to ever feel okay about murder. i think murdering animals is the same. i believe killing animals for food is okay and sometimes needed, but i think it was better when people killed their own food (not cave men but when the world was mostly farmland), then millions of animals weren't bred in warehouses, mistreated, slaughtered and then wasted on supermarket shelves. as far as killing people, when you kill in self defense because it was impossible not to only wound them, or when it is a tragic accident then those aren't the same although they are still sad (and i think most people would feel horrible if they had commited the act). maybe i've been watching too much rurouni kenshin but i think even those who are cruel to us and try to hurt us don't deserve to die, even those who have been doing wrong. that is one of the things that made me like anime, i have found in almost all the animes i watch that even the character who is on the opposing side or is doing something bad/evil is shown as human, they are shown as having their reasons, and they show their painful past, because noone is all evil. i don't see that often in western media. as far as hate goes, it is what killing is born from often (although sometimes it might be born from greed, covering one's own behind...etc.), it is the real evil. if people could find a way to let go and not hate that would not only lessen killing it would make people happier, because hate is something that hurts you, there is no reason to let someone hurt you like that, even if they are hurting you in other ways. why do people hate? the three main things i think hate stems from are fear (of the unknown), being hurt (feeling weak), and also jealousy, all of which are really hard things to just let go of. that's my opinion on the whole hate/murder topic. i can see the reasons behind it and the ways people would come to doing it, but not the rationale of actually ever doing it, or ever feeling justified or even okay about it. i can see why you would, but not how you could. |
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on 2007-05-26 22:11:21 |
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"the three main things i think hate stems from are fear (of the unknown), being hurt (feeling weak), and also jealousy, all of which are really hard things to just let go of." could not have said it better myself. of course hate is just an emotion, and like all emotions one can live with or without them, but as long as there are others that hurt someone(physicaly or mentaly), or make other people jealous or angry we will have hate.  |
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by night_link
on 2007-05-28 21:12:17
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From a Taoist point of view, there is no love without hate. This is said not simply either. I'll add more later to that but I need to finish something else first. |
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people hate because they don't get what they want, something or someone is against them, on what they do, what they like, and what they believe in.. or simply because people are selfish  |
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on 2007-07-07 13:31:17 |
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Well for some people they're sick, they are incapable of love so they act out the only way they can, through hate and violence. Another is some idiviuals are angery, their pasts, their lives etc and they seek someone to blame for whatever has angered/saddened them. So they hate to make themselves feel better, to remove responsiblity. This comes in with Hitler reign. He told Germany it was the Jew's fault, they then blamed the Jews for their misfortune. Then it comes to fear. We fear what we don't understand, what is different from us and so since they are different there is something wrong with them. The fact is it's really about one own insecurities. But because they appear different they are then tributed to being a threat to you and you very way of life. A natural response (for humans anyway) is to remove the threat. Some run away from it and try to pretend it isn't there, or just say it's wrong while others it taps into their primal nature, so they become violent towards this 'threat' Next is what one has been taught. Generally speaking, say if your family is homophobic the likely hood you will also be is high. If your father is abusive the likely hood of you being an abusier when you're older is most likely. There are exceptions of course but alot of the time you hate because you're taught to hate. You need both love and hate however how one acts out each is what is the difference. Tragedy or self control. However hating others for reasons that they are 'different' is unacceptable. As human beings we have the ablity to learn and reason, hating over differences and then acting upon them in a violent manner makes you the worst sort. Hate someone because the set your house on fire, hate them because they're superficial but don't act like a barbarian. |
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by
 
on 2007-07-07 17:51:00 |
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1:Bad first impression and never lets go of that. [ Sadly, that's how I am -__-' though, I don't ever hate anybody/thing x] ] 2:Been taught to dislike that person/family/clan/etc. 3:Idiotic influences of Idiotic friends. 4:They've kept it inside them. ['till of course they show it] lot's more reasons. I have to think about it some more. >__<;;   |
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by taiyoosenzo
on 2007-07-10 09:56:01
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Hate is a neccesary part of existence. Without hatred, love would not seem so unique and such an ideal. Hatred in the world, only makes the love all that much more powerful. It is wrong that we have gotten to the point where people with difference cannot even dicuss things with each other. It is something that goes against my personal beliefs, but I do not hate or fear homosexuals. People can have differences and still be able to sit across the table from each other and learn something. Hate against other human beings because of differences is something learned. Hatred is either learned because it was instilled from a young age, or because that particular form of hatred is socially acceptable. I think in order to dimish the power of hatred, we must not accept hatred in any form. People get seriously offened these days when there is discrimination against homosexuals or african americans or muslims, but do people always show the same amount of disgust if it is against the stereotypical picture of the white protestant male? Hate is something that should be unnacceptable in any form. [Sorry about the ranting, but this is an issue that has come up alot for me lately. . .]  |
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on 2007-07-11 00:12:00 |
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I think Anemone in Eureka 7 put it best "The world is full of hatred and there isn't any reason for it." Its just a part of human existence, people will always hate, it isn't good, it isn't bad, everyone has their own reasons. I am what you could call a hateful person, I have been trying to become a better person mind you, but still I am what I am. For me, I think, I hated because of pain, now that I think about it it was a coping mechanism, to deal with that absolute despair for years on end, I grew to hate more and more things, from a few individuals whom i couldn't stand since childhood to the entire human race, and I am not exaggerating. The R-complex which is the source of such basic emotions is part of the brains of all species reptiles and up, so you really can't avoid it, it is encoded into people, I think we should all just learn to accept it as part of ourselves, though I wouldn't recommend embracing it as much as I have.  |
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I really don't mean to be corny, or make this issue sound like a joke when I take a quote from Yoda - Star Wars Episode 1. "Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear Leads to anger, Anger leads to Hate, Hate leads to Suffering" I really don't mean for this to sound like a joke but I think that quote sums up the reasons to why these things happen. 
~"Bury it... I won't let you bury it ... I won't let you smother it ... I won't let you murder it"~
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| Hating is a part of human nature. So until you can rewrite your dna or somehow use your brain to solve the problem, you will always feel hate no matter what. You can even be a saint and still have hate. Don't ever say you can't. |
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by wind-spear5
on 2007-08-05 22:59:54
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| People hate simply they hold too much pride, and with too much pride they'll be too much prejudice, and then with too much prejudice they'll be hate. |
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by bermudanwarrior
on 2007-08-07 09:25:12
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Light's emitted from within darkness. Darkness exists within light... I hate complicated stuff... |
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by wind-spear5
on 2007-08-07 10:54:10
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| Light, and dark have nothing to do with why people hate. |