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yuiyoshida

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41. I totally agree..

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 07:03 AM

Feb 2014

The example I can think of, is when I grew up, many of my neighbors were Chinese. I went to school with the kids, and we got along great. I have so many friends who are, or Taiwanese. I was very shocked one time, to go on a chat site, where there was a room that had many Mainland Chinese people. When they heard I was Japanese they immediately told me how much they hated me! They didn't even know me, yet this was their history speaking to them. How is it that American Chinese kids can grow up with a Japanese girl and treat her like she is part of their family, where in China this will never be possible. I understand history, and that people still hold a grudge. But life is so different here. I am glad.. in our High school all the kids got along. There were no street gangs, there were no thugs, or guns or knives. Just a bunch of thoroughly integrated kids who liked each other and some how got along!

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WHY is There so much HATE in this country??? [View all] yuiyoshida Feb 2014 OP

I would say most of it comes from religion n/t doc03 Feb 2014 #1

I would disagree. nt el_bryanto Feb 2014 #50

The most close minded bigoted people I know are fundamentalist Christians n/t doc03 Feb 2014 #51

Sure - but religion also produced the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. nt el_bryanto Feb 2014 #52

And Pat Roberson, Jimmy Swagert and Jim Bakker. They also doc03 Feb 2014 #57

And where does religion come from? It comes from the minds of humans cali Feb 2014 #71

And atheists produced Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and the nuts in North Korea. former9thward Feb 2014 #94

A lack of belief is not the functional equivalent of a belief. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #118

Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot went to war against religion. former9thward Feb 2014 #119

You're not listening. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #120

what athiest church taught all of them to be atheists? CreekDog Feb 2014 #130

They were followers of Karl Marx. former9thward Feb 2014 #133

Fundamentalist anything, Islam and other mythology doesn't get a pass snooper2 Feb 2014 #79

I would not.nt closeupready Feb 2014 #73

There's not. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #2

Not sure about that Cali_Democrat Feb 2014 #3

I am sure the first election yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #16

Not only that, his Dittoheads made death threats to the guy who spoke out about it. freshwest Feb 2014 #30

Sadly I disagree.... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #5

Sure, and I hear you. Still, the reactionary stuff is a reaction to some major fundamental shifts. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #7

There is that...but look at the rest yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #8

I'm sure people in conservative red states are confused and probably mad. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #12

There are lots of people like that *everywhere* Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #38

And likewise, there are progressives in all 50 states. So I think you misunderstand me. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #39

I didn't see any question strictly pertaining to laws Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #40

My point was specifically regarding laws. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #112

No Progressive Talk in SW Ohio Dirty Socialist Feb 2014 #42

We don't have Progressive talk radio in SE Ohio either rbrnmw Feb 2014 #55

To follow Warren's point.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2014 #114

I would agree with Warren RainDog Feb 2014 #9

Again I point to the links I posted. yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #11

Right wingers did the same to Kennedy RainDog Feb 2014 #14

Things are getting better globally other than environmentally which is deteriorating. pampango Feb 2014 #43

RW Talk radio and its low information voters and non-voters. nt kelliekat44 Feb 2014 #4

Its not hate. Mika Feb 2014 #6

Hate is an addiction LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #10

It is, and it's contagious, and how the practitioners of hatred make their tons of RKP5637 Feb 2014 #62

I have always seen hate as a poison. Jamastiene Feb 2014 #132

Fear. Fear they will lose what little they have to someone else. It is easier to hate than fear uppityperson Feb 2014 #13

Fear leads to yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #15

Mass killings in schools, churches and other public places started a long time ago. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #18

THAT gun violence that happened yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #22

How would you like your crow served? proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #31

Sorry, the yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #33

I do like words that are recorded. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #70

"more guns mean less violent crime. " yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #75

But that is exactly what the stats indicate. It is black and white simple addition and subtraction proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #85

YOU ARE NOT going to convince me...or ANYONE on DU yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #87

Polls are beliefs not facts. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #95

I am not going to listen to somene yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #99

You don't speak for DU. former9thward Feb 2014 #96

Let him make a poll... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #97

You are free to make any poll you want. former9thward Feb 2014 #101

He was saying that the answer to gun violence is more guns. yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #107

If I wanted you to do it I would do it myself. former9thward Feb 2014 #108

I will do it for you. yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #110

LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #111

I do not pretend to speak for anyone else. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #104

I certainly agree with all that. former9thward Feb 2014 #106

FAIR ENOUGH yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #109

No I didn't. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #125

The phrase "going postal" was coined in the 1980s due to a string of mass shootings hack89 Feb 2014 #59

Actually, we're living in the most peaceful era in human history. rrneck Feb 2014 #124

Yep - and that fear is stoked by propaganda networks 24-7. polichick Feb 2014 #67

The powers encourage people to hate and fear each other rather than the bigger things uppityperson Feb 2014 #68

True - the old divide and conquer trick. Too bad so many people fall for it. polichick Feb 2014 #72

Because it gets fed regularly LadyHawkAZ Feb 2014 #17

Yes but who is doing that? yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #19

You got it. 840high Feb 2014 #27

The country or just DU? aquart Feb 2014 #20

Last I looked...those were headlines yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #21

Tribalism pays. rrneck Feb 2014 #23

That's it. RDANGELO Feb 2014 #56

To be fair, rrneck Feb 2014 #65

Because there are some groups and sub-cultures Shankapotomus Feb 2014 #24

Dash of fear, dab of religion. Too much TV...too many ads - apathy NRaleighLiberal Feb 2014 #25

Economic uncertainty breeds fear and hate, IMO. nt Ilsa Feb 2014 #26

That. 840high Feb 2014 #28

upward mobility is now lower than the countries people's ancestors left to come here Johonny Feb 2014 #29

People "get mad at logical constructs that make easy scape goats instead; blacks, gays, Mexicans, pampango Feb 2014 #48

You read my mind. :-) nt Ilsa Feb 2014 #54

And enough sustained fear and hate can lead to dramtic change - usually not for the better. pampango Feb 2014 #47

Naziism comes to mind. Ilsa Feb 2014 #53

faux news n such 2pooped2pop Feb 2014 #32

Who knows. Many people are Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #34

I totally agree.. yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #41

Because corporate and monied interests find it useful Crunchy Frog Feb 2014 #35

Because when things are going bad... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #36

And, may I add to that... GoCubsGo Feb 2014 #76

Yep. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #88

Because hate is easy, as is fear Loaded Liberal Dem Feb 2014 #37

I pick Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2014 #44

Rush Is horrible... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #90

There is a fringe element in our country that doesn't represent the majority davidpdx Feb 2014 #45

For starters, it's carefully fostered JHB Feb 2014 #46

Hate is fun. It feels good. sibelian Feb 2014 #49

this doesn't help either Puzzledtraveller Feb 2014 #84

No, indeed. sibelian Feb 2014 #126

Things are improving. Straight folks on DU in 2007 spoke hate against LGBT Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #58

Civil liberties in the US are ALWAYS an uphill battle in a country that brags to the RKP5637 Feb 2014 #63

There's not MO_Moderate Feb 2014 #60

Religion has always been used "by some" as the great divider of mankind and to RKP5637 Feb 2014 #61

Hatred is being cultivated by the right. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #64

Exactly right. n/t GoCubsGo Feb 2014 #78

I agree... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #81

Partly it's the 1% encouraging the rest of us to misdirect our fears at each other rather than THEM. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2014 #66

hate is profitable La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2014 #69

Birds of a feather flock together, and that's what conservative hate churches are for. Zorra Feb 2014 #74

It's stoked up from right wing media fucks gopiscrap Feb 2014 #77

I have yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #93

Well, the one place that you would think would teach and preach LOVE, often... Tikki Feb 2014 #80

I wonder about that... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #86

Causes of hate and division; SamKnause Feb 2014 #82

Looks to me, like all the hate is promoted by republican paid media and RW fake- "charities" Sunlei Feb 2014 #83

They are just desperate treestar Feb 2014 #89

You know what, I really hope you are right... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #91

Decades and decades of hate radio and now the insane Tea Baggers Rex Feb 2014 #92

Less than in most other countries. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2014 #98

Yeah yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #105

Because chimpanzees are tribal animals, essentially. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2014 #116

god.... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #117

We now have a place to advertise our hate, displeasure, frustrations; it's called the internet. lumpy Feb 2014 #100

so true Puzzledtraveller Feb 2014 #103

I agree this is true...in fact... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #127

lack of power.. stillcool Feb 2014 #102

Fear DefenseLawyer Feb 2014 #113

+1 G_j Feb 2014 #123

Lack of Self Awareness jmondine Feb 2014 #115

There's hate in every country LittleBlue Feb 2014 #121

sou ka! yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #122

Modernity and whites becoming a minority. Hamlette Feb 2014 #128

Great take yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #129

Hate is a multimillion dollar industry in America. Jamastiene Feb 2014 #131

Because, for the most part, we are all in this alone. nt Demo_Chris Feb 2014 #134

Check This Out! otohara Feb 2014 #135