If you peel back the layers of even the most compassionate arguments are you bound to find a paradox?
2007-07-03 16:20:09 · 16 answers · asked by megalomaniac 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes it is bad to hate hate yet we can not deny that hate along with other feelings such as jealousy lie within our nature.
In order for us to have inner peace we must accept that hate lies within our heart . Hating hate really doesn't accomplish anything as even the most lighthearted people have a tendency to hate even if it is vague or distant it is still there.
This in itself is a paradox because if you hate hate you are really just hurting the understanding of your inner concious.
It is better to not practice hate at all. Like MLK said "I shall not let any man belittle my soul by making me hate him"
I agree that in hate we deprive the value of our soul or inner concience. Passion confidence and hate are very different feelings but they all root from the same part of our conciousness
2007-07-03 16:37:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
There are different kinds of hate.
I hate overcooked spinach. That means that I really, really don't like to eat it. It doesn't mean that I feel a burning passion against overcooked spinach. I'm not going behave irrationally when overcooked spinach is around. It doesn't make me angry. I'm certainly not going to cap Popeye because he sings the praises of canned spinach, the worst of the worst.
Hate is also used to refer to racism and bigotry. That's a completely different story. A person who "hates" African-Americans, for example, has a completely irrational bias against all of them, no matter what kind of people they happen to be. The Hater doesn't even have to have any connection to the AA in question - just seeing one on tv can be enough to make them feel angry and afraid. Hatred makes people do bafflingly stupid and cruel things.
So, I hate hate. This means that I very strongly dislike irrational anger and cruelty.
It's not a paradox. It's all in the words.
2007-07-04 00:27:37 · answer #2 · answered by Narplex 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A famous preacher once said to me, "Here we will tolerate no intolerance", I don't think he heard what he'd said. While paradox is perhaps the easiest course to consider, yet it leaves the wound of false expectations if not frank hypocrisy. Detachment is often a better course. Goat ropers need love too. Loving the person who hates is often the beginning of the end of hatred. Non reward of undesirable behaviour removes negative reinforcement. This is what Jesus was saying in "turn the other cheek", and "Do good to those who despite-fully use you".
2007-07-03 23:48:00 · answer #3 · answered by Fr. Al 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If someone thinks hate is a bad thing, then they have no leg to stand on as far as hating "hatred" is concerned. Definitely a paradox. They can shun hatred, but would be embracing "the bad thing" if they hated hatred.
I misunderstood the question first time around...
2007-07-03 23:49:03 · answer #4 · answered by Guinness 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hatred is a good thing -- from my perspective.
Hate me. I don't mind. You will suffer under your hatred and I don't have to do anything at all. Your cortisol and adrenaline levels will skyrocket and your stress and overall health will suffer. The greater your hatred for me, the greater the price you pay in your health.
The greater your hatred the more you will furnish the economy -- from doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, etc. for the stress related illness that will strike you down earlier in life. From headaches to hypertension, you will make yourself sick on your own hatred.
Hatred is the ultimate revenge as it requires nothing on the part of the hated person.
2007-07-03 23:34:51 · answer #5 · answered by guru 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It affects your mentality and your outlook on things, which will everntually affect your social life. Its possible to rechannel 'anger' into a positive energy, but 'hate' is something else, that much i can say.
2007-07-04 05:42:46 · answer #6 · answered by Saffren 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the paradox is in the peeling. once you remove it, saying "i hate hate" is the same as saying " i love."
2007-07-03 23:56:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was about to call it a hypocritical argument, but paradox sums it up in one word. I hope that this really is a philosophical question, because I'm not going to tell you if it's ok or not.
2007-07-03 23:29:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
No. You shouldn't hate hate. Because that is still hatred. It will lead you into a wheel of hatred form which you will not easily emerge. To overcome hatred, you should overcome violence form within, otherwise you will only do violence to yourself and will not escape your inner violence. First, make peace within yourself - then you can think about making peace with the world.
2007-07-03 23:27:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you were hating hate then you would be contradicting yourself. And if you are against hate you should hate anything, not even hate. You should feel compassion and pity for those who do hate and try to help remove hate.
So if you truly don't hate, then you won't hate hate, and you would find it wrong to hate hate.
But..how many of us truly don't hate something.
2007-07-04 00:36:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋