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Ignorance (willful or otherwise) should have been on the list.
Or the opposite - experience.
When you see something over and over again, you have to be insane to ignore reality. Most of you are simply sheep, and don't want to go against our multiculturalism zeitgeist. But even you know the answer,
When a bad experience with an individual is transferred to the plural, it becomes suspect. Intolerance of predators and evil doers is one thing, intolerance of a whole class, culture or ethnicity is another. Predators are adept at camouflage. To use sweeping generalizations to ascribe bad behavior to a whole class, culture, or race only drives the innocent to defend the predators hiding among them. And that is exactly the wrong thing for all concerned.
We should all strive to be intolerant of predators, for it is unmerciful to their next victim to do otherwise. But we should not be fooled into over reaction, nor false accusations, based on “plural hatred.”
Remember, tolerance of predators, just because they're part of one's own subgroup, is to embrace evil and its consequences. Predators, individually, are the bane of mankind.
When a bad experience with an individual is transferred to the plural, it becomes suspect. Intolerance of predators and evil doers is one thing, intolerance of a whole class, culture or ethnicity is another. Predators are adept at camouflage. To use sweeping generalizations to ascribe bad behavior to a whole class, culture, or race only drives the innocent to defend the predators hiding among them. And that is exactly the wrong thing for all concerned.
We should all strive to be intolerant of predators, for it is unmerciful to their next victim to do otherwise. But we should not be fooled into over reaction, nor false accusations, based on “plural hatred.”
Remember, tolerance of predators, just because they're part of one's own subgroup, is to embrace evil and its consequences. Predators, individually, are the bane of mankind.
It's not just "hatred", we ascribe both positive and negative traits to the races, to religions, to nations or ethnic groups, hell even accents. Did you see that study where some reporter recorded the voices of British cabbies and had Americans guess their professions? Their guesses were university professor, doctor, etc when in reality they were cab drivers speaking a very "trashy" version of British english.
I know the answer. Don't know if it will be believed but here goes. Prejudice against people based on their group membership is also called stereotyping. We have preconceptions, stereotypes, about different groups of people.
Now, do we stereotype because of hate or fear or disgust? NO. We stereotype because it is a natural and essential aspect of thinking. The stereotypes we form are based on our experiences, and what we hear about from others. There is no possible way for us to function in the world if we did not form stereotypes.
Now, are the stereotypes we form always fair and accurate? No, of course not. We often have bad or incomplete information. But in general, our stereotypes often make sense and allow us to navigate reality.
Can our stereotypes be cruel and hateful? Yes, of course they can. Stereotypes are often unfair -- for example, there is a stereotype of old people that says they are forgetful. That is often true, but not always. If you are an old person with a good memory, you will be unfairly stereotyped.
The same kind of thing happens with racial and ethnic groups, and with every kind of group.
Yours is the correct answer.
And it follows that not all stereotyping is bigotry.
Ever heard of “sins of the father”. Your going to treat millions of innocent people like trash, because of what you see on the news now and then? Your the problem..
Where did you get that from my post? I don't treat anyone like trash unless they act like trash. I couldn't care less about the biased news. I see things through my own life's experiences with certain groups and individuals. Whether you want to admit it or not there are certain traits and behavior patterns among some groups that do represent the majority of that group.
When you see something over and over again, you have to be insane to ignore reality. Most of you are simply sheep, and don't want to go against our multiculturalism zeitgeist. But even you know the answer,
My choice wasn’t on there: lack of exposure and/or indoctrination. In my experience, the most antisemitic people have come from those who live in areas of the country where there are no Jews, or in foreign countries where there are few Jews, or in foreign countries where children are taught to hate Jews.
I know the answer. Don't know if it will be believed but here goes. Prejudice against people based on their group membership is also called stereotyping. We have preconceptions, stereotypes, about different groups of people.
Now, do we stereotype because of hate or fear or disgust? NO. We stereotype because it is a natural and essential aspect of thinking. The stereotypes we form are based on our experiences, and what we hear about from others. There is no possible way for us to function in the world if we did not form stereotypes.
Now, are the stereotypes we form always fair and accurate? No, of course not. We often have bad or incomplete information. But in general, our stereotypes often make sense and allow us to navigate reality.
Can our stereotypes be cruel and hateful? Yes, of course they can. Stereotypes are often unfair -- for example, there is a stereotype of old people that says they are forgetful. That is often true, but not always. If you are an old person with a good memory, you will be unfairly stereotyped.
The same kind of thing happens with racial and ethnic groups, and with every kind of group.
Exactly. Stereotyping is no more than pattern recognition, which actually is a complex cognitive skill.
Stereotyping can have either positive or negative connotations. Examples:
1) In the US, Asians exceed every other racial/ethnic group in major quality of life indicators (academic achievement, employment, etc.).
2) Black males commit a highly disproportionate percentage of homicides.
I think most people have some degree of bigotry that they need to work through, but for some people, it gets so out of control that it makes them poorly functioning when it comes to interacting with other people.
For the majority of bigots, I think it's fear. They're afraid of people who aren't like them, afraid of their own shortcomings and that the people they're hating have something to offer the world that they don't (even if that's not consciously), afraid their reviled group is going to turn the world into something that they don't want to adapt to, and easily duped by people who exploit these fears for even more nefarious reasons.
I agree with the poster who also said ignorance is one of the primary reasons that's unlisted as a poll choice. I think some of that comes from how they were raised, as bigotry is often multi-generational, which is one of the saddest things about it. That's where there's also some hate along with fear, and people with that are often actively bigoted (i.e. hanging out with hate groups, etc.) rather than the more subtle form of bigotry that's borne of fear.
It can also come from selection bias. If someone lives in the middle of nowhere where there tends to be a lot of insular groupthink, and that person has never even met a Muslim person for instance, then they have these ideas conjured up that are coming from nefarious sources and completely false. On the other hand, they may have met a person, or maybe even a bad crowd of several of their "hated" class of people, and that person or persons they interacted with was a jerk so they think all people who are ____ must be jerks too. That may be where the "disgust" comes in.
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