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37. Because hate is easy, as is fear

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 04:14 AM

Feb 2014

Understanding and compassion are WAY tougher. And humans, by nature, tend to be lazy.

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WHY is There so much HATE in this country??? [View all] yuiyoshida Feb 2014 OP

I would say most of it comes from religion n/t doc03 Feb 2014 #1

I would disagree. nt el_bryanto Feb 2014 #50

The most close minded bigoted people I know are fundamentalist Christians n/t doc03 Feb 2014 #51

Sure - but religion also produced the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. nt el_bryanto Feb 2014 #52

And Pat Roberson, Jimmy Swagert and Jim Bakker. They also doc03 Feb 2014 #57

And where does religion come from? It comes from the minds of humans cali Feb 2014 #71

And atheists produced Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and the nuts in North Korea. former9thward Feb 2014 #94

A lack of belief is not the functional equivalent of a belief. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #118

Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot went to war against religion. former9thward Feb 2014 #119

You're not listening. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #120

what athiest church taught all of them to be atheists? CreekDog Feb 2014 #130

They were followers of Karl Marx. former9thward Feb 2014 #133

Fundamentalist anything, Islam and other mythology doesn't get a pass snooper2 Feb 2014 #79

I would not.nt closeupready Feb 2014 #73

There's not. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #2

Not sure about that Cali_Democrat Feb 2014 #3

I am sure the first election yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #16

Not only that, his Dittoheads made death threats to the guy who spoke out about it. freshwest Feb 2014 #30

Sadly I disagree.... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #5

Sure, and I hear you. Still, the reactionary stuff is a reaction to some major fundamental shifts. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #7

There is that...but look at the rest yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #8

I'm sure people in conservative red states are confused and probably mad. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #12

There are lots of people like that *everywhere* Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #38

And likewise, there are progressives in all 50 states. So I think you misunderstand me. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #39

I didn't see any question strictly pertaining to laws Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #40

My point was specifically regarding laws. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #112

No Progressive Talk in SW Ohio Dirty Socialist Feb 2014 #42

We don't have Progressive talk radio in SE Ohio either rbrnmw Feb 2014 #55

To follow Warren's point.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2014 #114

I would agree with Warren RainDog Feb 2014 #9

Again I point to the links I posted. yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #11

Right wingers did the same to Kennedy RainDog Feb 2014 #14

Things are getting better globally other than environmentally which is deteriorating. pampango Feb 2014 #43

RW Talk radio and its low information voters and non-voters. nt kelliekat44 Feb 2014 #4

Its not hate. Mika Feb 2014 #6

Hate is an addiction LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #10

It is, and it's contagious, and how the practitioners of hatred make their tons of RKP5637 Feb 2014 #62

I have always seen hate as a poison. Jamastiene Feb 2014 #132

Fear. Fear they will lose what little they have to someone else. It is easier to hate than fear uppityperson Feb 2014 #13

Fear leads to yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #15

Mass killings in schools, churches and other public places started a long time ago. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #18

THAT gun violence that happened yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #22

How would you like your crow served? proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #31

Sorry, the yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #33

I do like words that are recorded. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #70

"more guns mean less violent crime. " yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #75

But that is exactly what the stats indicate. It is black and white simple addition and subtraction proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #85

YOU ARE NOT going to convince me...or ANYONE on DU yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #87

Polls are beliefs not facts. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #95

I am not going to listen to somene yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #99

You don't speak for DU. former9thward Feb 2014 #96

Let him make a poll... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #97

You are free to make any poll you want. former9thward Feb 2014 #101

He was saying that the answer to gun violence is more guns. yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #107

If I wanted you to do it I would do it myself. former9thward Feb 2014 #108

I will do it for you. yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #110

LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #111

I do not pretend to speak for anyone else. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #104

I certainly agree with all that. former9thward Feb 2014 #106

FAIR ENOUGH yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #109

No I didn't. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #125

The phrase "going postal" was coined in the 1980s due to a string of mass shootings hack89 Feb 2014 #59

Actually, we're living in the most peaceful era in human history. rrneck Feb 2014 #124

Yep - and that fear is stoked by propaganda networks 24-7. polichick Feb 2014 #67

The powers encourage people to hate and fear each other rather than the bigger things uppityperson Feb 2014 #68

True - the old divide and conquer trick. Too bad so many people fall for it. polichick Feb 2014 #72

Because it gets fed regularly LadyHawkAZ Feb 2014 #17

Yes but who is doing that? yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #19

You got it. 840high Feb 2014 #27

The country or just DU? aquart Feb 2014 #20

Last I looked...those were headlines yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #21

Tribalism pays. rrneck Feb 2014 #23

That's it. RDANGELO Feb 2014 #56

To be fair, rrneck Feb 2014 #65

Because there are some groups and sub-cultures Shankapotomus Feb 2014 #24

Dash of fear, dab of religion. Too much TV...too many ads - apathy NRaleighLiberal Feb 2014 #25

Economic uncertainty breeds fear and hate, IMO. nt Ilsa Feb 2014 #26

That. 840high Feb 2014 #28

upward mobility is now lower than the countries people's ancestors left to come here Johonny Feb 2014 #29

People "get mad at logical constructs that make easy scape goats instead; blacks, gays, Mexicans, pampango Feb 2014 #48

You read my mind. :-) nt Ilsa Feb 2014 #54

And enough sustained fear and hate can lead to dramtic change - usually not for the better. pampango Feb 2014 #47

Naziism comes to mind. Ilsa Feb 2014 #53

faux news n such 2pooped2pop Feb 2014 #32

Who knows. Many people are Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #34

I totally agree.. yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #41

Because corporate and monied interests find it useful Crunchy Frog Feb 2014 #35

Because when things are going bad... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #36

And, may I add to that... GoCubsGo Feb 2014 #76

Yep. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #88

Because hate is easy, as is fear Loaded Liberal Dem Feb 2014 #37

I pick Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2014 #44

Rush Is horrible... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #90

There is a fringe element in our country that doesn't represent the majority davidpdx Feb 2014 #45

For starters, it's carefully fostered JHB Feb 2014 #46

Hate is fun. It feels good. sibelian Feb 2014 #49

this doesn't help either Puzzledtraveller Feb 2014 #84

No, indeed. sibelian Feb 2014 #126

Things are improving. Straight folks on DU in 2007 spoke hate against LGBT Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #58

Civil liberties in the US are ALWAYS an uphill battle in a country that brags to the RKP5637 Feb 2014 #63

There's not MO_Moderate Feb 2014 #60

Religion has always been used "by some" as the great divider of mankind and to RKP5637 Feb 2014 #61

Hatred is being cultivated by the right. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #64

Exactly right. n/t GoCubsGo Feb 2014 #78

I agree... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #81

Partly it's the 1% encouraging the rest of us to misdirect our fears at each other rather than THEM. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2014 #66

hate is profitable La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2014 #69

Birds of a feather flock together, and that's what conservative hate churches are for. Zorra Feb 2014 #74

It's stoked up from right wing media fucks gopiscrap Feb 2014 #77

I have yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #93

Well, the one place that you would think would teach and preach LOVE, often... Tikki Feb 2014 #80

I wonder about that... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #86

Causes of hate and division; SamKnause Feb 2014 #82

Looks to me, like all the hate is promoted by republican paid media and RW fake- "charities" Sunlei Feb 2014 #83

They are just desperate treestar Feb 2014 #89

You know what, I really hope you are right... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #91

Decades and decades of hate radio and now the insane Tea Baggers Rex Feb 2014 #92

Less than in most other countries. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2014 #98

Yeah yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #105

Because chimpanzees are tribal animals, essentially. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2014 #116

god.... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #117

We now have a place to advertise our hate, displeasure, frustrations; it's called the internet. lumpy Feb 2014 #100

so true Puzzledtraveller Feb 2014 #103

I agree this is true...in fact... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #127

lack of power.. stillcool Feb 2014 #102

Fear DefenseLawyer Feb 2014 #113

+1 G_j Feb 2014 #123

Lack of Self Awareness jmondine Feb 2014 #115

There's hate in every country LittleBlue Feb 2014 #121

sou ka! yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #122

Modernity and whites becoming a minority. Hamlette Feb 2014 #128

Great take yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #129

Hate is a multimillion dollar industry in America. Jamastiene Feb 2014 #131

Because, for the most part, we are all in this alone. nt Demo_Chris Feb 2014 #134

Check This Out! otohara Feb 2014 #135