Are you capable of hating?

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    I noticed in another thread that a lot of people were saying that they couldn't hate, so I thought I'd post this for a closer look. Basically, are you capable of hating someone? If so, do you hate someone now, or was it someone from your past, or not even anyone at all? And if not, why not?

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    I can hate, but I generally don't. It's a pretty big expenditure of energy, and I'd rather just say I wouldn't help someone if they were about to fall off a cliff.

    So far, I think there are only two people I wouldn't help if they were about to fall off a cliff. One of them is my mother's husband, who is abusive to her in every way possible and does nothing but spew hatred and bigotry out into the world morning, noon, and night.
     
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    I can hate, sure. I often choose not to hate and most times I don't come close to hating, but there are certain times, certain types of people, that I can easily hate. I'm talking mostly about rapists, child molesters, and pretty much anyone who takes their twisted ideas and uses them to hurt people. I hate anyone who causes harm like that.

    In my day to day life there's not much room for hate because the worst stuff that usually happens is like forgetting my keys or having to hear some obnoxious person talking loudly on their phone. Not even worth hating people like that.
     
    I know by experience I dont think Im capable of hate. People have done things to me that I could hate them for, that I should, but Im incapable of actually hating these people. In my opinion hate is an emotion that takes a large amount of energy, I figure it isnt worth it. Id rather just forgive and forget. Have I wanted to hate these people? yes, but I dont.
     
    I'm perfectly capable of hating. It's not an emotion I like too feel and if possible I wont feel it - Yes I have hated people in the past for personal reasons I'm not going to go into. However I haven't hated anyone like... In a while, just because I haven't had a reason to and as previously said I don't like hating people, it just brings an unnecessary and awkward atmosphere I'd rather avoid.
     
    Hate is a strong word, admittedly. But jeez, you must be an angel or something if you can't hate or didn't hate something for all of your life. There must be at least one or two things that you just can't stand, either short term or long term.

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    I know by experience I dont think Im capable of hate. People have done things to me that I could hate them for, that I should, but Im incapable of actually hating these people. In my opinion hate is an emotion that takes a large amount of energy, I figure it isnt worth it. Id rather just forgive and forget. Have I wanted to hate these people? yes, but I dont.
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    I'm not trying to be carping or anything, but how can you want to hate someone while not actually hating them? I want to know.
     
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    I am not capable of hating someone long term; I always end up forgiving them fairly quickly. Short term, I could probably hate someone in the heat of the moment, but after a while, I would cool down and stop with the hate. I forgive fairly easily. :>
     
    I try not to, but I can definitely hate. Sometimes I transform this feeling into music. I write and compose songs to deal with it.
     
    I don't I really hate anybody, though I do have a lot of contempt for a few people.
    I don't know if I'm capable of hating. Maybe one day I'll meet somebody who ticks me off to the point that I begin to hate them.
     
    I'm perfectly capable of hating. If fact, there are some people who I really just can't stand. But I don't dislike people for no reason, they have to do something that would be socially unacceptable such as... cheating on a perfectly good boyfriend or girlfriend... or drunkenly punching a friend of mine in the face, then throwing up in my car.

    True stories.

    I forgive after a while, but lmfao um he didn't even help clean up cause he passed out after calling me a derogatory name. I AM TOO NICE FOR MY OWN GOOD.
     
    Everyone is capable of hate. Anyone that claims not to be is either lying or doesn't understand the concept.
     
    I'm sure I'm capable of hating people. For the most part, I just tend to intensely dislike a lot of them.
     
    Of course, but when I hate someone, it's only for a very short amount of time. I'm too forgetful and I don't see the point in hating people most of the time. It takes too much energy that I can be using on other things~~~
     
    Yeah I remember truly hating people in the past, although I couldn't tell you who they were or why seeing as I've forgotten! I commonly say I hate everyone, but I can't think of anyone at the moment that I truly hate with every part of me. I can only think of tons of people I highly dislike.
     
    I'm sure that I have the ability to hate someone, but I've never actually hated people in my life. I've regarded people with contempt and anger (and still do), but not actually hated someone. I've never had the willpower and the emotions you need in order to hate someone. I can't say that I never will hate someone, which I don't want to, but isn't an impossibility to me. They'd have to hate me for me to hate them, and it'd have to be for a good reason too. I just don't believe in wasting my emotions and time on hating people, you'd be worth nothing and consequently none of my emotions and time if I truly hated you.
     
    Vendak said:
    Everyone is capable of hate. Anyone that claims not to be is either lying or doesn't understand the concept.
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    You're actually quite incorrect.

    I understand the concept quite well, and I cannot hate.
    To me, anything close to hatred even is very, very, very, toxic. I cannot ever reach that level of loathing because of the type of person I am. That doesn't mean I'm incapable of being intensely angry or incapable of bearing malicious intent...it just means I simply cannot ever touch the level of expression that is hatred.

    I forgive too quickly anyway, so any chance of me reaching a level of anger or malicious intent even close to hate is tough in the first place. Maybe I am too nice, but that's not something I'm going to call a flaw. I look at it as a step forward actually.

    Yes, hatred is a human emotion, it is not impossible for me to be pushed to that extreme. However it is very improbable and would take a level of atrocity that would enrage the world to a level of riot. But there are also two flavors of hatred in this equation...one which isn't really hatred in the Webster sense of the word, more like a sense of righteous anger that comes from someone doing something that is fundamentally accepted by society as wrong, heinous, and irrefutably despicable.

    I choose "Cannot" for a reason. I cannot feel hatred because it causes me great pain. It's the emotional equivalent to sticking my hand into a bucket of concentrated hydrochloric acid...and it's not something I would ever permit myself to reach...in fact my emotional fuses blow out well before I reach hatred. You know the state...emotional catatonia, where you feel nothing at all. Never believe for a second that the human mind isn't capable of such things, because it is indeed very powerful. Something like completely refusing to feel hatred is quite simple if you really feel that way about it. And I do.
     
    Pachy said:

    I forgive too quickly anyway, so any chance of me reaching a level of anger or malicious intent even close to hate is tough in the first place. Maybe I am too nice, but that's not something I'm going to call a flaw.
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    I'd have to disagree with you; you blocked me for quite a long while because I was simply trying to clarify a misunderstanding about you. Perhaps you have changed now, but this was only about half a year back.. and I don't mean for this comment to be hurtful or anything in any way because we've both moved past it; but I just want to let you know that for me, it wasn't a quick forgiveness nor did I feel you truly tried to work it out. Though I understand if you needed your space, but you could have just let me know that.


    I rarely hate people, but I have strong dislike for certain actions that people have done to me, though I have forgiven pretty much most of these actions. In my eyes to forgive doesn't mean I've accepted what they've done or think that what they've done is right; but rather that I'm willing to move past it and not let it affect me anymore.
    However I can say that there are 3 people in this world that I do hate (no one any of you would ever know so don't worry guys :3 I love you all :3,) and those people have done many things to purposely hurt me repeatedly with absolutely no regard for my feelings. These people are the types of people who seek fulfillment in hurting others or who view themselves in such high regard that they feel like it is absolutely fine for them to hurt people. I am a very forgiving person, especially if someone takes the time and effort to approach me.. and I have forgiven these people multiple times in the past, but they would do those hurtful and manipulative things (or something worse) again to me. They were supposed to be friends but messed up a lot of things for me just to put themselves higher on the pedestal or get ahead with the crowd or sometimes just because they felt like being a poop-disturber; After a certain point you just can't take it- especially if those things are obviously wicked.
    I don't think of these people at all, really, (except when blatantly asked about them and when something draws a direct connection for me) because it isn't worth my time and energy- but when I think of them I think they are like scum of the earth, just like any person would actively hate a rapist but at the same time pay them no regard- but yes, overall you can definitely say that I am capable of hating.
     
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