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Is Hatred wrong?

Is hatred wrong?


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How so?

What is wrong with extreme dislike?

What is hate?
 
How so?

What is wrong with extreme dislike?

What is hate?

To hate is to dislike some one intensely.

What is wrong with it depends on why you hate someone and does it cloud your judgement.

Hatred can be good. Best example would be hating an ex-girlfriend or boyfriend because they cheated on you. Your hatred prevents you from trusting the person or allowing the person back in your life. In the end, most cheaters never stop so it is good to exclude them from your life and your hatred will facilitate that.

Hatred can be bad when it is irrational. The most obvious example is hatred based on skin color.

So is hatred wrong? The only answer that is valid is "depends."
 
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I think it depends. It's always wrong to hate another person. However, I don't believe it's wrong to hate certain actions.
 
Depends on the situation. I hate onions. There's nothing morally wrong with that.
 
I'm not sure whether I would consider hatred as right or wrong, but I would say that it is often confused for an emphatic rejection thereof.
 
Hate is a very strong word. I thought I had hated things before... until I experienced real hate. I've only ever truly hated once in my life, and it is a scary, unpleasant, soul-rotting experience. You know it when it hits you. The casualness with which you used "hate" in the past is suddenly so extremely incorrect. Real hate defies words.

Is it wrong, per se? Assuming it remains only a feeling, no. I don't think feelings are ever "wrong."

But it does indicate that you need to do some re-orienting of your perspective, and fast, or you're going to wind up becoming something truly awful. The capacity to feel real hate, at least as it applied to me, was an indication that I needed to change something about how I process my feelings, and other people's actions.
 
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If you define hate as intense dislike, why would it be wrong? :shrug:

I find it hard to believe very many would not have dislike for someone.

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What is interesting is this statement: "If it's harmless, it's not wrong."

Even dislikable hatred, if harmless, should not be deemed wrong or:shock: penalized.

There seems to be a discrepancy.
 
It's ok to hate evil, but only evil. Asking someone to understand it is too much.
 
I don't think it's wrong, but hate can be destructive to one's well being and could affect physical health.
 
If you define hate as intense dislike, why would it be wrong? :shrug:

I find it hard to believe very many would not have dislike for someone.

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Hatred is intense dislike. Of what? Many things.

Society demonizes hate.

Post "I hate 'x' race" here.

We say harmless hatred isn't wrong, yet in society it is intensely hated and penalized. Ergo, discrepancy.
 
It's ok to hate evil, but only evil. Asking someone to understand it is too much.

Understanding was the only way I could find out of hatred. That was hard, because I was dealing with the kind of person most folks wouldn't even consider human in some senses. I still don't know if I fully understand, but I got as close as I think anyone can.

Nothing is better for ones state of mind than to understand something that difficult, that completely "evil" as you put it. It's a very painful and dare I say transcendent experience.
 
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Hatred is not just an intense dislike. There is an implied ignorance. That ignorance is only permissable in the case of evil.


Look, that's it, folks. There's nothing else to say here.
 
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What is interesting is this statement: "If it's harmless, it's not wrong."

Even dislikable hatred, if harmless, should not be deemed wrong or:shock: penalized.

There seems to be a discrepancy.

Why are feelings wrong?
 
Except maybe that. Morally relativist animes, sigh. Why do you think they fear authority? That's right, I call Nuke.
 
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It's ok to hate evil, but only evil. Asking someone to understand it is too much.

And if I hate being weak or unhealthy? And if I decide to channel such hatred as fuel for focusing on such goals?

Hatred is not just an intense dislike. There is an implied ignorance. That ignorance is only permissable in the case of evil.


Look, that's it, folks. There's nothing else to say here.

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

Why are feelings wrong?

Interesting... Just as theories themselves can never be wrong or harmful...

But...

...is it wrong to feel murderous?
 
But...

...is it wrong to feel murderous?

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).
 
Websters said:
Bigot: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance

All bigots aren't racist, but all racist are bigots. Motives for hatred might be undefinable...however,

The most observable facet of hate is: Being a bigot isn't against the law UNLESS one's hatred extends beyond his or her beliefs and is manifested into behaviors that infringe on the rights of others. An example would be hate crimes committed by KKK or White Supremacist such as hangings, destruction of property, inciting violence. A lot of individuals, not affiliated with any group, can engage in behaviors that are obviously driven by hate.

Other types of offense of hatred perpetrated by one person against another include but for from being limited to: Employment opportunities and related areas, withholding appropriate medical attention, ignoring the educational needs of one group over another. On and on and on...

Well, you might used the following for food for thought:

• In 2008, 13,690 law enforcement agencies submitted hate crime data to the
UCR Program.

Of these agencies, 2,145 reported 7,783 hate crime incidents involving 9,168 offenses.

• Of the 7,783 reported incidents, 7,780 were single-bias and involved 9,160 offenses, 9,683 victims, and 6,921 offenders.

• The 3 multiple-bias incidents reported in 2008 involved 8 offenses, 8 victims, and 6 offenders.

An examination of hate crime offenses classified as crimes against property revealed the following:

• 50.9 percent of these offenses were directed at individuals.

• 12.9 percent of these offenses were against businesses or financial institutions.

• 8.9 percent of these offenses were against government.

• 6.6 percent of these offenses were against religious organizations.

• The remaining 20.6 percent of these offenses were directed at other, multiple, or
unknown victim types. (Based on Table 6.)

If you have questions about this information
Contact the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division via e-mail at
cjis_comm@leo.gov or by telephone at (304) 625-4995

Source: http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2008/documents/incidentsandoffenses.pdf

So... Is Hate Wrong?
 
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