Are stigmas and and prejudices, inherently based on fear, ignorance and hatred?

[bennyboy]

It can also be an expression of annoyance, resentment, disgust, or any other negative emotion.

Hate seems to be the popular accusation lately. As you say, there could be other negative emotions. I'm rather partial to contempt, myself.

Let me say this.  I'm currently prejudiced toward pretty much every blue-collar state in America.  That Trump could be elected shows a lack of character, of compassion for fellow humans, of the American values and education system, and a general deterioration of a nation that was once considered great.

However, I do not fear them. Nor am I ignorant, since I understand enough not only to believe them ignorant but to have educated views on why they should be considered so.  I don't particularly hate them either, anymore than I would hate a troupe of baboons if someone taught them how voting machines worked.

If I were to meet someone from one of those states, and he indicated that he'd voted for Trump, I'd believe, based pretty much on solid evidence, that he was a fucking fool, and he'd have to work very hard indeed to prove to me that he was not.  Frankly, he might first convince me that Jesus walked on water than that a sensible human being voted for that fucking orangutan.

So yeah, I'm with you 100%. Contempt is plenty, and it need not be seen as a moral failing of the person who holds it.