Does hatred of others stem from hatred of self?

Answer 1

I believe it does... and I believe religion grooms that in people.

Answer 2

I sincerely believe that hatred of others not only stems from a hatred of self but I believe it stems from mis-information as well. This is a great question.

I believe that I cannot express to you without first expressing something within. If I hate you it's because I have somewhat of a deep disdain for myself. If I love myself with a proper degree of love then it makes it easier to love you.

Secondly, mis-information sometimes creates this environment of hatred of others. This is an example of learned/taught hatred. Many times children can play together with each other and then an adult will inform well misinform that child and then the hatred of others begin. This mis-information can be seen regularly in the media. Many times the media only re-inforces stereotypes.

I do not watch the (11pm) evening news because too much of it is sensationalism at its worst. Media must do a better job of portraying things in a better light.

Until then I can't convince everyone everywhere to love others but I can love someone somewhere.

Answer 3

Every negative and positive emotion stem from the self. I don't think that hatred of others always stems from hatred of self. In fact, it may very well may be the opposite. Their ego is so large that they cannot tolerate what they perceive as imperfections in others.

Answer 4

Definitely not. Hatred of others stems from love of self. People who think how smart, how superior they are, and who think they know the truth, often look down on other people. They use themselves as the gold standard to judge other people. That is why they look down on homosexuals.

Answer 5

The first part of yer details are exactly right. In some aspects we should be selfish about ourselves, though it may not relate to ego or even real depths of survival. Obviously there are egos so inflated that they disregard others completely, or become apathetic, which can be lethal. Hatred is most often born of ignorance, leading to intolerance, and affects the hater as much as those or that they say they hate. The word hate is as overused as is the word love but it can be a much larger burden to bear.

Answer 6

I think it stems partly from ignorance and an unwillingness or inability to see things through the eyes of another. When we understand and accept each other, hatred cannot happen. Friendships can.

Answer 7

Hatred comes from hatred. If someone does something hateful it is always tempting to hate them, when really you should hate the deed not the person. Is that OK?

Answer 8

Most likely; if not hatred then emotional pain caused by abuse or trauma, but I suppose even these things can be boiled down to self-hatred or self-loathing.

Answer 9

Yes, and conversely, love of others stems from love of self (that is, the "higher" or "wider" self, not the ego-identified self, which is where hatred originates).

Answer 10

100%!

If I were to walk up to you, whoever and whatever you might be, and called you something HORRIBLE... The "n-word" or the "C-word" or Queer or some other anti-gay term... What would be the point?

The point is to get a REACTION out of my intended target...

THAT reaction would give me a thrill, it would make me the center of attention...

Does calling someone the "n-word" really CHANGE THEM in any way? Would calling me, a white person, the "n-word" change ME in any way?

Words hold power not by the users of the word but by the reaction of the targeted person.

If you don't react the way that the user wants you to react, meaning anger, hatred, violence, then you have taken the wind from their sails...

They will get tired of no one paying attention to them and wander off to find something else to attract attention to themselves!!

Answer 11

All hatred stems from Satan, once the most majestic of the heavenly angels, who rejected God his Maker and was cast out of heaven. We can thank Satan for all hatred, evil, sin, sickness and death.