(November 12, 2014 at 5:46 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: *shrug* I experience both anger and hate at times. Anger doesn't last, hate does. There are people in this world (not many, but a few) I hate so much that I wouldn't stick at skinning them alive with a rusty file.I can also relate to that sentiment. There are indeed people I hate so much I would honestly have no moral qualms putting a bullet in, if it happened to be prudent for me to do so.
The worst are people with strongly sociopathic and/or malignantly narcissistic traits. Having had first hand experience with such types I have fantasised about them being gassed. I've noticed that those who find my sentiment the most abhorrent have had no such experiences with that type. To me I keep coming back to the sentiment that there are too many of them and reducing their numbers would be expedient for the rest of us.
I personally find it next to impossible to respect the dignity of those who have zero respect for mine; to champion the human rights of those who in practice do not recognise I have any; or to ascribe moral worth to persons who ascribe zero moral worth to me. Mutual respect is great - but unilateral, not so much. Compassion and sympathy for sociopaths who cause enormous pain and suffering in the lives of others without remorse strikes me as incredibly stupid.
I do not think sociopaths and malignant narcissists should be granted full human rights, personally. If that is a stance based in hate, then so be it. I'm often quite liberal-minded, but this area is an exception.
