Do You Agree...That You Are What You Hate?

Question

Do not confuse HATE...with DISLIKE.
HATE is emotional...it is powerful...it is uproar.
One rarely HATES snakes.

And many people DISAGREE with racism...they are INTOLERANT to racism, but they do not HATE racism. I don't.

And for those that do HATE racism...while it may not make them a racist...I wonder if they own other prejudices, intolerances and judgments in other parts of their lives, which they identify with in a racist.

Answer 1

i believe we are all in a love-hate relationship with ourselves..
if we were never loved, all we can teach ourselves is either hate or never care at all...
but if we were never hated, we never really know what love is.
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i am what i hate.... when what i hate is what i can never be..
i am what i love.. when what i love is what i should always be...

i am what i hate.. when someone was able to show what i hide..
i am what i love.... when someone was able to show what i need not to hide...

Answer 2

There might be some truth to that. People might hate people because they are like them in some way, and they may not see that they have somethings that are similar. Are you talking about hating physical traits like hair color, skin color or personality traits like same behavior or activities?

I suppose the other extreme would be you love those that are unlike you or that have traits that you don't have.

Well take some extreme forms of hate, like Hitler hating Jews. Was Hitler Jewish, or did he exhibit any characteristics similar to Jews. He might have been part Jewish, but that would basically mean he secretly hated himself also. He did like Aryan blondes, which he was not physically. Hitler also did not like Slavs, Communists, Gypsies. Does that mean he was also exhibited these characteristics? He might have. I suppose he was a socialist, and a bit mystical, so there might be some truth to that statement that you are what you hate. There would have to be more research and data/information collected to be totally sure of this though.


Some people hate certain types of music, and that doesn't make them that way. A rapper might hate country music but that doesn't make them a country singer.

If you hate dogs, does that make you a dog? No, not physically. Spiritually or thinking in the same way, I am not sure.

If you hate snakes does that make you a snake? No, not physically. Spiritually or thinking like a snake, probably not either.

If you hate drunks, does that make you a drunk? No, but you may somehow get influenced from self or peers to try it and become a drunk to see what it is like to be one.

In my opinion there are maybe many reasons why someone hates something or someone else, (a) people usually hate people who are not like them and don't understand them,( example: I hate those environmentalists because they want to take away my SUV. I love my SUV), or (b) they may hate people who are better than them and can't at the moment or ever be like them. (I hate that guy who got the promotion to CEO and I didn't)

I actually think it is those you sympathize with, you are going to be more like. Because you can understand where they are coming from more easily. People usually hate people they don't understand, don't agree with, or are on the opposing side.

Oh and by the way, nice avatar. If that is your picture, then hot. But if that is just some random pic you found off the internet, still hot.

Answer 3

I suppose that could be a valid theory for some. But I don't HATE anything or anyone & I never have. I may not like some people, their behaviour, their insensitivity, & so on. Yet what is really worthy of hate, which is an emotion that simply eats people up inside, or causes harm to others? Hate is an emotion of choice. One of the most wasteful & destructive of emotions.

Answer 4

Not necessarily, though you can usually find that if you over-react to something or some quality in another person, it is hopefully because you want to rid yourself of that character trait or at least get it under control. For example, if you HATE racism, it doesn't mean you are a racist. It could mean that you hate racism and want to work to rid yourself of any vestiges that are left. If you HATE arrogant people, then hopefully you want to rid yourself of false pride and arrogance. Usually HATE is an over-reaction to something or someone. You could always choose not to associate with people you don't particularly like, but it takes effort to HATE them.

Answer 5

Good question.

But that's backwards.

The word fear is the opposite to love, not hate.

The other pair of opposites are hate and admiration--a drawing away from, a drawing toward something.

Admiration unlike love implies no urgency; the same is true of hate. The active form of fear requires action, as does love.

What you quoted is a pseudo-religious reality hater's die.

In a strong sense, you are what you love--admire and act toward. And it could be said that you define yourself by what you strongly fear and act against.

But what you hate and admire is what you drawn clearly against or toward without, repeat, without urgency in a short-term or vital sense.

For instance, if I say I love thematic music, you should expect to find me collecting it, paying for it, going to my sort of concerts, speaking against its opposite and decrying athematic stuff as meaningless noise.

But if I admire some sort of music but neither follow its news, pay for its products, know its artists attend concerts, etc.---that would mean I admire it but that it's not a priority, and that while I might hate its opposite, I don't consider it an immediate threat, just a nuisance, something I avoid.

Answer 6

There are people who will always judge you by the quality of things you are willing to fight for, good or bad.

I am not so much one of those people.

I like to see people passionate in their beliefs.

Does that define them?

Can you tell me what they were thinking, feeling, believing?

I don't think so.

I think what some perceive as hate is love and vice versa.

Should I define you by something that could easily be something else?

No.

You probably just are what you are. If that is hate then you are amazing to give so much of your identity to an emotion.

Plus like I eluded to, it may not even be a true emotion. Hate may just be another form of love, lacking in trust and honesty. In that case, you are judged not only by what you hate, but by why you hate, and by how you hate, as well.

It just seems to simple a thought to be true.

Answer 7

Yes to a degree. . . . I think it's more the traits we dislike in ourselves that we find unappealing in those we love.

Humans. . . .we are mirrors that reflect the light and the dark, most of use are very much unaware of our own inner light, but quite conscious of the abyss within us. So those things we hate about yourselves, we find unattractive in others. . . . and yet we are more able to accept the light in others. . . .

Answer 8

Sometimes ... I think the whole "shadow" thing, where the things about others that annoy you to the greatest irrationality are actually traits you possess, is very often true.

Otherwise I think it'd be a better axiom: "You hate what you fear (including what you fear you are)."

Answer 9

No....i don't agree!:)
I hate racism, but i never follow it. I hate terroism, but i am not a part of it!:)......i hate the world mad of money, but i am not mad of money.......i hate who have jackal and cruel mind, but i am not so.......:), we can never say that we are what we hate!, because, we hate something something really from our heart, we realy hate it.......then we don't wish 2 be like that!:)

Answer 10

It is true that what we hate most will be our constant concern. We will fight with that hated thing, situation, person.. and in fighting with that person we will learn to be affiliated with a thing ,situation, person.. and ultimately we become the thing , situation, person... so I agree, that I am what I hate..

Answer 11

Hate is the evidence of ignorance. I dont believe the human race is ignorant... maybe a little misdirected.

Me... I am what I am ... hate me or love me, it is your choice. I choose to accept you as you are.... that is my choice.