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.
Again, your thinking is still black-and-white (as you seem to be focusing on particular outcomes of particular emotions by particular people).
I'm not denying your arguments (or contesting your observations), I'm saying - emotions are too complex for simple categorizations like good/bad, healthy/unhealthy, etc. This applies to all emotions (not just hate).
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.
Again, your thinking is still black-and-white (as you seem to be focusing on particular outcomes of particular emotions by particular people).
I'm not denying your arguments (or contesting your observations), I'm saying - emotions are too complex for simple categorizations like good/bad, healthy/unhealthy, etc. This applies to all emotions (not just hate).