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yuiyoshida

(45,929 posts) Fri Oct 9, 2015, 09:13 AM Oct 2015

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Does Prejudice, Bigotry, Misogyny, Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, come from Ignorance? Some may say it comes from
fear, does that fear stem from Ignorance? If no, please explain.

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Your opinion please [View all] yuiyoshida Oct 2015 OP

I was just thinking about ignorance this morning Sanity Claws Oct 2015 #1

I think it's a bit more complicated than that... TreasonousBastard Oct 2015 #2

Are we hard-wired that there has to be a group(s) of humans who are "THEM" whom we have to pampango Oct 2015 #6

I think we still are to some extent... TreasonousBastard Oct 2015 #8

it is ignorance, but the root cause of that ignorance can vary person to person - so many variables. NRaleighLiberal Oct 2015 #3

Also from having no sense of self worth other than one's genitals, color, nationality, etc. Divernan Oct 2015 #4

"one's genitals, color, nationality, etc." IOW, where one is born and what one is born with. pampango Oct 2015 #7

Ignorance, arrogance and Faux pas Oct 2015 #5

We all are born into... CanSocDem Oct 2015 #9