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Which one is worse: a racist or a misanthrope? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A misanthrope is someone who mistrusts or hates humankind.

A racist is... well we all know what a racist is.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can't say that I 100% understand misanthropy, but IMO it's way worse to single out a group and treat them differently than other groups. Whether that takes the form of racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. Generally I think that kind of behavior stems from people thinking that they are better than other people, therefore people "worse" than them deserve to be treated like garbage. And I just despise that mindset.

If someone hates me because of something I have in common with literally every human on the planet it doesn't feel nearly as personal as if they hate me because I'm different from them in ways that I can't control.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

If someone hates me because of something I have in common with literally every human on the planet it doesn’t feel nearly as personal as if they hate me because I’m different from them in ways that I can’t control.

Misanthropes generally don't hate individual people, and can even sometimes enjoy socializing with others. It's not even all that accurate to say misanthropes hate humanity; they're actually more profoundly disappointed in it. This is why they don't engage in mass shootings or other forms of violence, and instead tend to just isolate themselves.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

Racists are better because at least they only hate some people