Why is Misanthropy ok but racism taboo?
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As far as I'm aware, Misanthropes have never done anything significant throughout history to be worth hating.Chefodeath said:
If there was some dictator to spring up who had misanthropic tendencies then sure, people whimsically throwing out lines of that nature would be looked at differently.
No it shouldn't. because logically speaking, there is much more logical evidence to support misanthropism, than racism. Also, racism is inherently unjust, whereas misanthropy is not. Finally, us misanthropes are correct.Chefodeath said:
Two reasons:
First, as already stated, they don't discriminate. It's just a general hatred. It's like a punch to the gut: if only one colour of people gets it, then you're pulling them out of the group. If everyone gets it, then it's fair.
Second, they're misanthropes. They avoid people, all the time. And they're generally good at it. So most people don't meet them, and are only exposed to media interpretations. Which are generally positive. And then that forms people's opinions. Bam.
First, as already stated, they don't discriminate. It's just a general hatred. It's like a punch to the gut: if only one colour of people gets it, then you're pulling them out of the group. If everyone gets it, then it's fair.
Second, they're misanthropes. They avoid people, all the time. And they're generally good at it. So most people don't meet them, and are only exposed to media interpretations. Which are generally positive. And then that forms people's opinions. Bam.
probably because people are socially conditioned to not like racism, but the media doesn't tell you how to feel about Misanthropy
na, we Americans just pretend that "we don't see color", I think America is probably just secretly racist now.summerof2010 said:
Because all of the angsty teens on the internet can sympathize with a misanthrope, but still feel good about themselves for hating racism.
Just a random quote from a poet about misanthropes :"Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind." -Leopardi Now this poet isn't a misanthrope he is an extremely pessimistic person.
What most people are saying is true, their hate is general they see all kinds of people as dirt or parasites. In most cases people stay away from them or try to better themselves from them or they don't want to be belittled by them.
Schopenhauer is one of the most notable misanthropes and his works are excellent most notably "The world as will and representation". Though he was also a misogynist and it shows in his writings. It was mentioned somewhere that he once pushed an old woman down the stairs fairly funny.
"Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax." Schopenhauer.
Misanthropes have a philosophy and the world for his hatred. A racist is a bigot thinking some other race is inferior
What most people are saying is true, their hate is general they see all kinds of people as dirt or parasites. In most cases people stay away from them or try to better themselves from them or they don't want to be belittled by them.
Schopenhauer is one of the most notable misanthropes and his works are excellent most notably "The world as will and representation". Though he was also a misogynist and it shows in his writings. It was mentioned somewhere that he once pushed an old woman down the stairs fairly funny.
"Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax." Schopenhauer.
Misanthropes have a philosophy and the world for his hatred. A racist is a bigot thinking some other race is inferior
I don't think you quite get the point of the argument.Volf99 said:
A person who discriminates towards a particular race - whether for logical or illogical reasons - is still a racist, and therefore frowned upon. Your example, while specific, still puts racists in a bad light because the old Chinese people are discriminating against the entire Japanese populace, the majority of whom had nothing to do with the Nanjing incident.
Well the Islam reaction comes with war, just like anti-German/Japanese feelings back in the 1940's. Heterosexism? wtf? Last I checked, most people tell me I'm not supposed to say, "that's so gay".summerof2010 said:
No one cares about them for the same reason no one really seems to care if someone was being racist about their own race.
AD-Stu made it sound like all the racist need was some legitimate reason to be racist for it to be ok. As for your explanation, I'm sorry I can't help but laugh at the idea that hating an entire race of people for the action of a few is bad, but somehow hating SEVEN BILLION people for the actions of a few is ok. That just doesn't add up. As far as I'm concerned, either both are ok, or neither of them are.bloodrayne626 said:
true,but it helps to understand why people feel that way. lol heterosexism, what a stupid term.summerof2010 said:
I wonder if the logic demands here is if racism grants +5 Hate and misanthropy is a hate of all existing human races thus the entire species. So.. (+5Hate*n=Misanthrope+hate deserved) where "n" is the amount of imaginable race in this world.
Point missed here is by the time someone or at least me turned into a misanthrope, we will also undoubtedly realize it is futile to fight against or force the entire species to turn into someone we like or agrees with. Thus we are mostly secret haters of this species (yes, hating ourselves being among this species too, shameful really) and generally view as having perma-bad day with everyone.
What we don't and can't do is sack employees for being human, but a racist can fire people for being black and a sexist can drop people for being homo.
Sorry if my post seems aggressive but being a misanthrope myself, reading the opening post is more of less the same as someone posting a discussion that dog-hater cat-lover should deserve the same hate as racism. If you're going to say dogs and cats are animals thus viewed different, then you're more bias than what you think of us to be.
Point missed here is by the time someone or at least me turned into a misanthrope, we will also undoubtedly realize it is futile to fight against or force the entire species to turn into someone we like or agrees with. Thus we are mostly secret haters of this species (yes, hating ourselves being among this species too, shameful really) and generally view as having perma-bad day with everyone.
What we don't and can't do is sack employees for being human, but a racist can fire people for being black and a sexist can drop people for being homo.
Sorry if my post seems aggressive but being a misanthrope myself, reading the opening post is more of less the same as someone posting a discussion that dog-hater cat-lover should deserve the same hate as racism. If you're going to say dogs and cats are animals thus viewed different, then you're more bias than what you think of us to be.