RE: Frank Discussion on Hate
May 20, 2010 at 9:29 am
(This post was last modified: May 20, 2010 at 9:31 am by tackattack.)
OK let's work on defining hate then. The hate I'm referencing would be "To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy." [1913 Webster] Or "inflamed with extreme dislike"[same]. You can hate action, intention, people or even abstract concepts like blus, etc.
So we'll not get into the results of Hate, or Love it's opposite, just the origins of hate. You can hate african americans, or be prejudiced to them, there is a distinction and I'm talking about the former.
I would say that you hate the person who killedyour mother (continuing your analogy) because of your resentment of that person for what they've taken from your reality. They truly did nothing to you directly for you to hate, they didn't rape you or punch you, most of theese hates are indirect or based off of prejudiced. They're the ones based off of resentment and envy.
Even if it was a direct personal violation, then it would still be based off of a resentment for violating your person, ideals, etc.
Let's look at resentment: In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced. [1913 Webster]
But the primary definition is 1. The act of resenting (which is to feel). [1913 Webster] or 2. The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state of consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression. (which is now obsolete in today's vernacular)
If we use the original definition for resentment which I'll summarize as "the act of feeling or thinking on an experience, usually in a negative way". What would it take for you to not harbor that resentment thus ridding you of the hate? Can a Robot hate? If there was a drug that temporarily disabled your emotional ability what would happen after it wore off?? Would you still hate your rapist?
Agree / disagree / comment?
So we'll not get into the results of Hate, or Love it's opposite, just the origins of hate. You can hate african americans, or be prejudiced to them, there is a distinction and I'm talking about the former.
I would say that you hate the person who killedyour mother (continuing your analogy) because of your resentment of that person for what they've taken from your reality. They truly did nothing to you directly for you to hate, they didn't rape you or punch you, most of theese hates are indirect or based off of prejudiced. They're the ones based off of resentment and envy.
Even if it was a direct personal violation, then it would still be based off of a resentment for violating your person, ideals, etc.
Let's look at resentment: In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced. [1913 Webster]
But the primary definition is 1. The act of resenting (which is to feel). [1913 Webster] or 2. The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state of consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression. (which is now obsolete in today's vernacular)
If we use the original definition for resentment which I'll summarize as "the act of feeling or thinking on an experience, usually in a negative way". What would it take for you to not harbor that resentment thus ridding you of the hate? Can a Robot hate? If there was a drug that temporarily disabled your emotional ability what would happen after it wore off?? Would you still hate your rapist?
Agree / disagree / comment?
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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