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RE: Is there a logical, rational reason why hate is bad?
February 4, 2017 at 1:16 am
(February 3, 2017 at 9:00 pm)WisdomOfTheTrees Wrote: I often hear people saying 'oh hate is bad' in one way or another. But is there a real, rational reason why hate is bad? This ties into another concept that I find interesting, which is; rational, scientific morality. As in, morality you can prove exists.
I think that you wouldn't want to live in a world where people hate you, so you wouldn't hate other people is one way to look at it. The whole do onto others as you would have done onto yourself, that actually makes logical sense and isn't a religious rule (it's just a universal rational one, there's no such thing as rational religious rules. A rational idea is just rational, any rule is just a dogma, there's no rules exclusive to religious people that make them better people).
But beyond that, I'm sure hate isn't very healthy. I often hear about how stress causes health problems or whatever. That's ironic considering the age we live in, where stress just comes with the territory.
Hate of what is bad? Hate of war? Hate of bigotry? Hate of what?
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RE: Is there a logical, rational reason why hate is bad?
February 4, 2017 at 4:48 am
If you hate something you stop viewing it rationally, your opinions will be coloured by emotion rather than by fact, its the same with love and devotion or faith.
I for example have a deep loathing for Trump but it is evidence based.
Others have faith that he will be a good president so they only see what they want from their little bubble.
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RE: Is there a logical, rational reason why hate is bad?
February 4, 2017 at 5:14 am
If I see someone victimizing an innocent child or fig tree, it would make me so angry that I'd become temporarily as strong as a regular man so that I could maybe stop them.
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RE: Is there a logical, rational reason why hate is bad?
February 4, 2017 at 6:53 am
I'm beginning to hate this thread.
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RE: Is there a logical, rational reason why hate is bad?
February 4, 2017 at 8:15 am
Is hate bad? I'm not even sure bad is bad but I hate hate. Don't know why.
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RE: Is there a logical, rational reason why hate is bad?
February 4, 2017 at 8:26 am
Know who I hate? People who leave toast crumbs in the butter dish. I mean, dafuq, is this the first time in your life you've ever buttered toast? You know how big the piece of toast is, you know how much butter it takes to cover the toast, so take enough goddamed butter on your first go. If you've got some sort of bizarre disability that impairs your grasp of butter-to-toast ratios, wipe the fecking knife on your napkin before you go spreading YOUR crumbs all over everyone else's butter.
THIS ISN'T ROCKET SURGERY, PEOPLE!!
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RE: Is there a logical, rational reason why hate is bad?
February 4, 2017 at 10:43 pm
Help yourself. Toast crumbs in the butter is a social disgrace and needs to be countered at every opportunity.
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