Completely agree with you Panagiotis Chatzistefanou! There are some people (here and elsewhere) that have a black-and-white approach to the 'complex emotion that is hate', preferring to admonish/chastise others instead of delving deeper into the many 'nuances of hate'. (Some people do it to display moral superiority, others as virtue signalling, and yet others as a way to shut down debate).
Well, maybe tell that to the Israelis. Their hate has led them to killing Palestinians for nothing more than living on their thousands of years of ancestral lands, so they're not staying away from the people they hate - they are trying to exterminate them on a lie, after huge lie at that.
So, how about you go and tell them not to hate Palestinians, and while your there tell them to stop stealing their land and mostly STOP KILLING PALESTINIANS.
Another aspect of 'hate/hating' that people often overlook is one of 'personal safety/security'. Hating someone/something often leads to avoiding/staying-away-from the 'hateful thing', which sometimes provides a measure of safety/security for the hater. 'Hate' is a complex emotion with several behavioral aspects to it, and requires nuance and context. Too many people write it off as 'simply undesirable' without attempting to understand its uses/effects in different contexts and the interplay with other unconscious emotions/behaviors.
Hate makes one dehumanise, are you going to be careful and only dehumanise the specific individuals, or the entire group (Jewish Israelis)?
Does Gideon Levy deserve to the dehumanised fx?
Hatred is a very powerful and dangerous emotion; it can make sense in a personalised context - such and such a person did such a wrong I cannot forgive them - but applied with broad strokes then there is a large chance of psychic harm to the hater, from creating "racism" in them fx, etc.
Until you become the very thing that you hate.
Would you be able to justify the entire Israeli population treated in the same way that Palestinians are being treated?
And before you know it you'll agree with pre-emptive such actions, and then you are no better than the ones you hate.
"You become the things you hate". There is truth in this.
Anger, rage - quite justified. Hate takes you into deeper territory.
I'm not saying I can't see how it would be justified.
But the truly great leaders, Gandhi, Ho Chi Min, fx, they did not let hate - even justifiable hatred at the atrocities they saw against their own people - take over.
A whole Phd thesis (and books) can be written about HATE - and the many dimensions of it. I'm not sure why you're still stuck in your 'black-and-white' interpretation of the complex emotion of hate.
Also, watchout for strawman arguments and assuming more than just what my comment mentions - as you seem to be going off on your own trajectory on the topic of hate and implying/alluding to things never mentioned by me.
Rational hatred is a noble sentiment, as clear as a diamond and as honest as a child.
Completely agree with you Panagiotis Chatzistefanou! There are some people (here and elsewhere) that have a black-and-white approach to the 'complex emotion that is hate', preferring to admonish/chastise others instead of delving deeper into the many 'nuances of hate'. (Some people do it to display moral superiority, others as virtue signalling, and yet others as a way to shut down debate).
Well, maybe tell that to the Israelis. Their hate has led them to killing Palestinians for nothing more than living on their thousands of years of ancestral lands, so they're not staying away from the people they hate - they are trying to exterminate them on a lie, after huge lie at that.
So, how about you go and tell them not to hate Palestinians, and while your there tell them to stop stealing their land and mostly STOP KILLING PALESTINIANS.
This is all about a land grab, and it wont stop with Gaza.
It is better not to hate, not least because of what it does to the hater themselves.
But sometimes, the "Can you put yourself in their position" fails, fails entirely.
I wouldn't even starve the perpetrators of this evil crime to death as a karmic punishment, so no, I can't.
Hate can be a reaction to hateful behaviour, and while it's still not healthy, it can be seen as justified.
Another aspect of 'hate/hating' that people often overlook is one of 'personal safety/security'. Hating someone/something often leads to avoiding/staying-away-from the 'hateful thing', which sometimes provides a measure of safety/security for the hater. 'Hate' is a complex emotion with several behavioral aspects to it, and requires nuance and context. Too many people write it off as 'simply undesirable' without attempting to understand its uses/effects in different contexts and the interplay with other unconscious emotions/behaviors.
Hate makes one dehumanise, are you going to be careful and only dehumanise the specific individuals, or the entire group (Jewish Israelis)?
Does Gideon Levy deserve to the dehumanised fx?
Hatred is a very powerful and dangerous emotion; it can make sense in a personalised context - such and such a person did such a wrong I cannot forgive them - but applied with broad strokes then there is a large chance of psychic harm to the hater, from creating "racism" in them fx, etc.
Until you become the very thing that you hate.
Would you be able to justify the entire Israeli population treated in the same way that Palestinians are being treated?
And before you know it you'll agree with pre-emptive such actions, and then you are no better than the ones you hate.
"You become the things you hate". There is truth in this.
Anger, rage - quite justified. Hate takes you into deeper territory.
I'm not saying I can't see how it would be justified.
But the truly great leaders, Gandhi, Ho Chi Min, fx, they did not let hate - even justifiable hatred at the atrocities they saw against their own people - take over.
Unless Gideon Levy is calling for the abolition of Israel and the Jewish identity, then yes, he does.
A whole Phd thesis (and books) can be written about HATE - and the many dimensions of it. I'm not sure why you're still stuck in your 'black-and-white' interpretation of the complex emotion of hate.
Also, watchout for strawman arguments and assuming more than just what my comment mentions - as you seem to be going off on your own trajectory on the topic of hate and implying/alluding to things never mentioned by me.
Emotions are things shared by us all, they are not particular to one person. The pitfalls are the same for all of us.
It is healthier to be more outraged at what is done to the victims, than to hate the perps.
And the latter can so easily take over. It's a danger for us all, I am warning myself at the same time here. It's not just a message to you.