Good food for thought, Allan. What about the reverse? "I hate immigrants" yet may have parents who are immigrants, assuming they love their parents. Is it more difficult to judge a person you know than a group?
You raise an excellent question. It's easier to judge an anonymous group as opposed to an individual you know. However, self-hate plays a big role here. Self-hate is projected onto others and becomes something that is them and not me. There are those who hate their parents for being immigrants but, here too, project the hate onto other immigrants. What do you think?
It's complicated. I know a man who is really a kind person who I've seen help individuals of a group yet when he talks about that group of people he has strong negative feelings.
Good food for thought, Allan. What about the reverse? "I hate immigrants" yet may have parents who are immigrants, assuming they love their parents. Is it more difficult to judge a person you know than a group?
You raise an excellent question. It's easier to judge an anonymous group as opposed to an individual you know. However, self-hate plays a big role here. Self-hate is projected onto others and becomes something that is them and not me. There are those who hate their parents for being immigrants but, here too, project the hate onto other immigrants. What do you think?
It's complicated. I know a man who is really a kind person who I've seen help individuals of a group yet when he talks about that group of people he has strong negative feelings.
It is very complicated. People are a bundle of contradictions