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@housemorvayn that that particular race is stereotyped to a certain thing, and that thing happens to be something that a racist doesn't like. People are stubborn. That's just who we are. soft/hard wired.
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I don't know if anyone knows or even cares, but this symbol used to be known as the four L's that stood for Life, Light, Love, and Luck. But then it was stolen and used for just the opposite. Anyway...I think people hate others because it's how they were raised or else they blame them for something. It could be a number of reasons, but those are two major ones.
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It's fear, lack of education, some will pass bigotry down from generation to generation. They hate for reasons they do not know other than they were once taught. My brother's adopted. His paperwork said his nationality is Mexican yet he hates Mexicans. When I confronted him he said he has the right to hate his "own people". I think he's insane.
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This is a post not related to the discussion but I would like to state that I did, in fact, use the old swastika which is a symbol for good luck I believe.
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I wonder if ALL ethnic hate isn't learned behaviour -- perhaps even a form of personal character abuse that carries on in a cyclical fashion without the people who are scarred by it being able to ponder the reasons behind it? Escape is highly unlikely. I think of the very young children playing together and being basically "blind" to ethnic differences -- contrast against some of the slightly older children we see in the news from Palestine who passionately hate Jews and even kill Jews, but cannot explain why beyond simply stating "they are Jews"? (Or insert any classic ethnic clash -- say Greeks and Turks) I also think of the family feuds that raged (hopefully past-tense!) on this continent for a season. Young people were taught to "hate Hatfields" simply because they were Hatfields and that was the only explanation necessary. If you didn't get it you were just dense in their eyes. They'd been infected by an unreasonable hate, and literally could not escape the cycle.
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People seek out scapegoats and stereotypes, for some dumb reason beyond belief. I guess it makes them feel powerful.
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It looks like the symbol posted in the question is 'backwards'. I thought the n**i symbol curved the other way (to the 'right'). Anyway, it is an ancient symbol, part of the mythologies of many cultures, including Native American and Hindu, as far as I know. The simplest explanation for hate, as others have said, is ignorance. Born of the ego (small-minded, self-centered identity). This ego fears for itself, for its own survival; it seeks only for its own desire and need. The ego therefore hates anything (perceived or imagined) that threatens its status, advantage or survival. This includes the 'survival' of one's inherited/constructed identity. It has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. Those are just obvious markers for 'other'; specifically, other cultures or worldviews that may challenge one's own. Ego --> Ignorance --> Fear --> Hatred --> Violence Taking a broader view, one might say that hatred stems from laziness. (Putting on my scholar's hat now...) Prejudiced thinking is lazy thinking. It signifies a person's refusal to come to grips with others as they truly are, in all their dimensions. Prejudiced thinking is stereotypical thinking in which we try to assimilate or reduce something new to a previously known category. Such a reductionist approach to life deprives new experiences of their capacity to transform or change us. In our rigidity and self-satisfaction, we require that each newly encountered phenomenon somehow accommodate itself to our preconceived categories of thought and experience. (Yes, I borrowed that from a book.) More simply, a movie recommendation: Max. Starring John Cusack and Noah Taylor.
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A lot of People hate change. Whatever is the embodiment that represents changes is what then becomes the focus of their hate.
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My last quote today (as far as you know, anyway): "Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than individuals. Racists believe that all individuals who share superficial physical characteristics are alike: as collectivists, racists think only in terms of groups. By encouraging Americans to adopt a group mentality, the advocates of so-called "diversity" actually perpetuate racism. Their obsession with racial group identity is inherently racist. The true antidote to racism is liberty. Liberty means having a limited, constitutional government devoted to the protection of individual rights rather than group claims. Liberty means free-market capitalism, which rewards individual achievement and competence, not skin color, gender, or ethnicity." ~ Ron Paul
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I think sometimes people need scapegoats to project their own frustration and hatred on but not only the bad stuff also the good stuff. Like love and satisfaction.
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There is no rationality in extreme emotions. If adults kept their mouths shut, children would solve the problem in two generations.
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Diffidently has a lot to do with spirituality and feeling connected with something bigger than you. Im sure most of the people that do so have personal issues with life, they may ask themselves this exact question. But the Ideology is already there, its something for those people to identify with. Its just like gangs in LA. Just add in a little spirituality with hatred and you have n**i pudding. Some are just born into it too... : )
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