Hate is always irrational
I want to talk about a serious issue that has been bothering me for a long time: discrimination and hate, namely ignorant vitriol spewed forth at whomever is the popular scapegoat of the day. I'm traditionally a misanthrope, thus hating everyone equally, so I get upset when society reacts to distinctions of race, sex, political philosophy, religious affiliation, sexual predilections, cola preferences, or any other non-germane distinction.
Yesterday I came across an article that made me extremely upset - I actually found it offensive (an exceedingly rare event). This, in and of itself, is not a problem. What I do find most objectionable is that there is little social disapprobation to articles of that kind due to the target. Quite frankly, I'm tired of it; this is one of the many reasons why I fall into bouts of misanthropy.
Sadly, most people keep their head down and mouth shut, either from fear of social reprehension or simply not wanting to get into the argument. At least, that is what I think when I'm feeling generous, the rest of the time I see it as social acceptance, if not approval, of the statements.
I'm not going to go into the particular articles that have severely agitated me lately, as I fear this would simply devolve into an emotionally tattered rant (and arguments from such a basis are unlikely to be constructive or rational, which would be hypocritical of me when talking about others making irrational emotionally charged accusations). Also because, after a quick look through my browser history, I cannot find them again, and I feel it appropriate to link the offensive material rather than simply speak in broad generalities.
It was a day of unfortunate coincidences wherein I randomly chose articles in my RSS feeds to read, most of which either highlighted the injustice of discrimination, or were themselves obscenely discriminatory but not treated as such due to their target group.
Please, I selfishly implore you to not aggravate my misanthropy; think rationally rather than react emotionally, consider what is being said rather than who said it (and their respective political affiliations), and try to show a little compassion and understanding no matter who you are victimizing (though they obviously deserve it).
Yesterday I came across an article that made me extremely upset - I actually found it offensive (an exceedingly rare event). This, in and of itself, is not a problem. What I do find most objectionable is that there is little social disapprobation to articles of that kind due to the target. Quite frankly, I'm tired of it; this is one of the many reasons why I fall into bouts of misanthropy.
Sadly, most people keep their head down and mouth shut, either from fear of social reprehension or simply not wanting to get into the argument. At least, that is what I think when I'm feeling generous, the rest of the time I see it as social acceptance, if not approval, of the statements.
I'm not going to go into the particular articles that have severely agitated me lately, as I fear this would simply devolve into an emotionally tattered rant (and arguments from such a basis are unlikely to be constructive or rational, which would be hypocritical of me when talking about others making irrational emotionally charged accusations). Also because, after a quick look through my browser history, I cannot find them again, and I feel it appropriate to link the offensive material rather than simply speak in broad generalities.
It was a day of unfortunate coincidences wherein I randomly chose articles in my RSS feeds to read, most of which either highlighted the injustice of discrimination, or were themselves obscenely discriminatory but not treated as such due to their target group.
Please, I selfishly implore you to not aggravate my misanthropy; think rationally rather than react emotionally, consider what is being said rather than who said it (and their respective political affiliations), and try to show a little compassion and understanding no matter who you are victimizing (though they obviously deserve it).