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Is Hatred wrong?

Is hatred wrong?


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No. We can't always help what we feel. A perfectly decent person could be murderous. It happens sometimes, with some sorts of mental illness.

The FEELING isn't wrong. The potential action that could follow the feeling could be.

A person who feel murderous, instead of murdering someone, could choose to tell a psychiatric professional. Their feelings of murderousness, then, have hurt no one (assuming the situation is dealt with properly).

But you assume it's a psychologic problem that they need help with.

What if someone deemed sane felt murderous because he was replaced by a younger news anchor? You don't have to have a psychological problem to feel murderous.
 
But you assume it's a psychologic problem that they need help with.

What if someone deemed sane felt murderous because he was replaced by a younger news anchor? You don't have to have a psychological problem to feel murderous.

Even if it isn't, it still doesn't matter. What matters is what you do. A feeling inside your own head is not "wrong."

But I would argue that situation is not severe enough for feelings of murderousness to be considered a psychologically healthy response. I would suspect that person was quite mentally ill indeed.
 
And if I hate being weak or unhealthy? And if I decide to channel such hatred as fuel for focusing on such goals?

Weak an unhealthy are symptoms of evil. Don't hate the creation.


I think not, ecofarm. You state ignorance is implied. My Webster dictionaries do not.

Well, you can go with websters Mr. QuestioningEverything; however, I think hate is ignorant.
 
How so?

What is wrong with extreme dislike?

What is hate?

No, I don't think it's wrong. I think hating people is an ignorant thing to do, but I don't think it's wrong.
 
Even if it isn't, it still doesn't matter. What matters is what you do. A feeling inside your own head is not "wrong."

But I would argue that situation is not severe enough for feelings of murderousness to be considered a psychologically healthy response. I would suspect that person was quite mentally ill indeed.

So to feel wicked/sinful/wrong thoughts of murder etc is mentally ill?

There are many sane sinful people. Lawyers, lol, as a vague example.

Mayhaps a new, philosophical thread topic will be born.
 
Even if it isn't, it still doesn't matter. What matters is what you do. A feeling inside your own head is not "wrong."

I agree...but would like to add that feelings, thoughts, and beliefs...no matter what they are aren't wrong UNTIL such time that they are manifested in to some type of behavior that results in infringing on the rights of others. Infringement can include a lot of factors such as physical, mental harm, discrimination, etc...
 
No, I don't think it's wrong. I think hating people is an ignorant thing to do, but I don't think it's wrong.

You don't believe it is wrong, yet many societies penalize and demonize hatred.

Weak an unhealthy are symptoms of evil. Don't hate the creation.




Well, you can go with websters Mr. QuestioningEverything; however, I think hate is ignorant.

They are not symptoms of evil. My Webster's definition of hate itself is different.

You may call me Mr. QuestioningEverything, if you don't mind being called Mr. QuestioningNotEnough.
 
Obviously "hatred" is wrong, yet, I answer "not sure"...
There are mental problems to consider.
Not only individuals , but an entire people.
The solution, at least to me, is love, generations of love... this , to many is an unknown.....
 
It's an emotion, there's nothing inherently wrong with it. You can't always act on it, particularly if that action puts you at odds with the rights and liberties of others. But hate is just hate and there's nothing you can do to stop people from feeling it. So it goes.
 
Hatred is a spiritual cancer. It promotes dishonor and destroys those it touches.
 
Hatred the feeling, no

what can be VERY wrong is what form the hatred takes and also what cause it to take form.

It might be totally legit.

Its what you do with that feeling, if it never leaves your head and you never react to it why does it matter
 
Hatred is a spiritual cancer. It promotes dishonor and destroys those it touches.

Yet how can a spirit have cancer, Viktyr Korimir? Furthermore, how does it promote such things?

You can hate evil, intolerance, sin, murderers, weakness (your own), etc, etc...
 
No... not wrong.
It is a word I use very sparingly. Doubt I've used in on DP, just as I don't use hack. It's intellectually lazy and usually overblown.

True hate is an intense, visceral sentiment. For me it's reserved to those who are trying to destroy western civilization with terrorist means.

Other than that... can't think of anything I truly hate. Not even Libs. :) You folks are merely misguided and/or uninformed doo-gooders for the most part. There is hope for some of you.

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I make it a point in my life to never hate people. I hate what some people do, say, and stand for especially anti-Americans.
 
This is just my opinion based on my life experience. You cant stop the feeling of hate any more than you can stop the feeling of love or any other emotion.
Hate is merely a word and is overused....To give an example, as a cop, whenever I saw abused kids, neglected kids, sexually abused kids...hatred swelled in me for the perpetrators and the parents. That feeling was for what they had done, not because of any other factor like race or creed or sexuality...this is hard for me to put in words..so Ill simplify it..
Yes its ok to hate some people for some things....I think its unavoidable.
 
Hating a thing is OK, but hating a person is ALWAYS wrong. Even dislike is wrong.
 
Hating a thing is OK, but hating a person is ALWAYS wrong. Even dislike is wrong.

Why is hating a person wrong? Why can't I just hate someone if they are a horrible person?
 
How so?

What is wrong with extreme dislike?

What is hate?

There are very few issues that would make me hate somthing/someone. So far in my life I really only hate one person. And that is because he molested my nieces.
 
Hating a thing is OK, but hating a person is ALWAYS wrong. Even dislike is wrong.

Put yourself in my shoes...or my nieces shoes...or any raped woman or molested childs shoe's...then come back and say the same thing.
 
How so?

What is wrong with extreme dislike?

What is hate?

It depends on why the hate is directed at someone. If its because you hate their skin color,religion,disability then sure its wrong. If its because that person did something really despicable to you or a loved then that hatred is okay.
 
Hatred is an emotion.

Emotions are. Period. They exist without moral value.

Bigotry is wrong, becuase bigotry is hatred mixed with ignorance.
 
Hating is not "wrong" per se, but it is undesirable. As others have said, it is harmful to self mentally and physically. Hate defines a person as love defines a person. Hate and love are similar in many ways. Everyone is capable of not hating, but it can be very difficult work. It is a nasty vile emotion. Why would anyone want to harbor the emotion and all the garbage that comes with it?
 
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