Is there such a thing as 'justifiable hate'?

Question

Or 'well deserved oppression'?

Answer 1

What the **** kind of stupid question is that? Yes....it's totally justifiable to hate someone based on their personality, ethnicity, racial descent or social and/or political beliefs. It's called RACISM you stupid *****. I'm always stunned to hear this **** from an individual of Middle Eastern / Asian descent given teh political climate currently at hand (in case you're unaware the "War on Terrorism" has most Americans suspicious of foreignors to the point of Xenophobia. I appreciate my response is harsh....but are you a ******* retard? How in Christ's/Bubba's/Allah's/ect's name can it be "justifiable" to hate another person? Hate is a reactionary emotion primarily reinforced by learned behaviour. Get your head out of your *** and learn to deal with the morons calling you "raghead" and "sand-******"........they're idiots. Hating them brings you down to their level. If you feel justified in hating them then all the power to you. Just don't be suprised when you die an empty shell of a man. Stop asking stupid questions and I won't jump down your throat anymore.

Answer 2

Justifiable hate would be the condemnation of actions, words or activity that is wrong. You can hate what people do and hold them accountable for it without hating said people. It is never justifiable to hate a person, just their actions, etc.

No such thing as "well deserved oppression". No one should be oppressed. However, just punishment for wrong actions is not oppression.

Answer 3

I think as a human race, there will always be hate. Not sure if it is justified but I think it is something that we have to accept. Hate for things that deserve hate could be justified.

But this question is very subjective. One could be righteous and say that no hate is justifiable but that's just not realistic because everyone has flashes of hate.

Oppression is another ballgame altogether. Oppression just creates more anger and more hate. But then again, this question is subjective too. So it's just a bit of a Catch-22.

Answer 4

I think hate is thrown around much too easily. Is hatred ever justified? I would think so, possibly, at it's extremes. Oppression being well deserved? I think oppression of human beings in any form is never deserved. Oppression of a Nation or a people is deeply ill hearted.

Answer 5

Well, I was thinking more on the lines of asking the people that Saddam brutally tortured that lived. Like the women who were raped in front of their families to get their husband to confess to something they didn't do or the people who were dipped in acid until they confessed or the people that were beaten close to death, left and then beaten again just for the amusement of Saddam, his soldiers, or sons.

Or you could ask all the women and children that the terrorist use as shields who have lived through the bombings. Or how about asking the family and friends of those the terrorist have taken hostage and then beheaded while filming it and aired the persons beheading? Or you could ask the widows of the men who were beaten to death and their bodies hung on a bridge.

Do you think that any of these reasons would be good enough for "justifiable hate"? I do. Personally, I would round up a bunch of people or family members of people that Saddam tortured and let them chose his sentencing. Then we will see "justifiable hate" in action.

As far as "oppression", I don't believe in it.

Answer 6

I dont know about deserved oppression exactly...
but I can totally undertand why someone would hate a person who had hurt their child, for instance, or who had invaded their country, for another instance, or brutually raped them

I believe the most powerful force that can encompass all else
is Love
and that forgiveness - true forgivness and coming to terms with real pain - is strong medicine and the highest response to something. I also believe in non-violence as a powerful social tool
but Im telling you right now, that if I saw a person trying to seriously hurt my child and I had to stop them, I could kill them
and I might hate them, at least for awhile, if my child was dead or hurt
I dont actually have a child (yet), but this would be true for any child
so yes I think its justifiable for people to hate sometimes

we all have the capacity for hate, although it is not what I would ultimately encourage, hope for or welcome

Answer 7

There is such a thing as justifiable hate, but hate itself is bad for you in my opinion. It blinds you, and makes you mean. Love and forgiveness is better. In these troubling times it's easy to find people to hate. I feel that my country The United States is under assault by some new form of Neo Facism that is global in scope and includes a large percentage of the population of it's own country. I loathe that this is happening, and I'm trying to get past the anger and hatred. It's just ignorance, and brainwashing that's happening. I'm trying to express this anger in a positive way.
But hatred is blinding people to the truth.

Answer 8

Justifiable hate, yes. Well deserved oppression, no. My point is you are entitled to hate whoever you want. But you're not allowed to act on that hatred to oppress them.

Answer 9

Hate is an emotion. Emotions aren't rational. They are artifacts of biology. They have causes, but are neither justified nor unjustified, just as high blood pressure has causes but is neither justified nor unjustified. You can evaluate whether a certain hate is useful or harmful, or is shared by lots of other people or very few, but you can't meaningfully describe it as justified or unjustified.

Answer 10

9/11=Hate
USS Cole=Hate
Kidnappings of U.S. Citizens in Colombia, January 31, 1993: =hate
World Trade Center Bombing, February 26, 1993:=hate
Attempted Assassination of President Bush by Iraqi Agents, April 14, 1993: =hate
Attack on U.S. Diplomats in Pakistan, March 8, 1995:=hate
Bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, April 19, 1995:hate
Attack on U.S. Embassy in Moscow, September 13, 1995:hate
Khobar Towers Bombing, June 25, 1996:hate
Empire State Building Sniper Attack, February 23, 1997: hate
U.S. Embassy Bombings in East Africa, August 7, 1998:hate