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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Throw your hate down, and oppose him ;)

[–]hennaojichan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I am opposing him as hard as I can. What would you have me do?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Nothing man, just don't hate. It doesn't do anything for anybody

[–]hennaojichan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I respectfully disagree although I see your point. Hate the sin and not the sinner, a God man of some religion once told me after we had met at a bus stop and had a chat. But I believe that hatred can be used positively in some cases as long as you do not allow your hatred to harm yourself. These are individuals I am speaking of, not races or other groups.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I see what you mean, hate the sin, not the sinner. However, I have hated sins all my life up until recently. It does nothing but make you interact with the sinner in negative ways. You say it can be used positively, and I agree, but only in the short-term. You can hate something and tear it down, freeing those inside from the thing you hated. Your hate for the thing itself would eventually work its way into other areas of your life, areas which may include people, which may include parts of your true being that you are unaware of. In the long-term, hating anything always turns out to damage you. Its like sloth, or greed. Give it room to plant a seed, and soon you will have a bountiful harvest. It has to be dealt with and reconciled into something that is inherently life-affirming.

[–]hennaojichan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I will take that into account but we are at a tipping point for humanity right now and I will take my chances. I do not want to be a Human 2.0 and worry for all of us. This is it. We destroy these monsters now or humans live in slavery. The only problem, for me, is how can I affect the present situation?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I support what you are saying, but hate will not help. It's one thing to oppose evil with force and action, it's another thing to waste energy and mental space hating something. It's fine to detest it, but that's not hate.

Action will be needed from us all if we want change, but it must come from a place of love and understanding or else we will simply create another corruptible system. We must do something new, which would be to throw our hate down and challenge others to do the same. For some people, not hating means not fighting. For others, it means fighting in the defence of good. Hate simply redirects your intent and will elsewhere, away from the goal you actually want to reach.