Well, it sounds like I may have rubbed you the wrong way, but I was never meaning to exclude manufactured hatred and rejection. I didn't highlight it specifically cuz I don't really know and again, want to limit my assumptions, especially in the presence of someone who knows better than myself.

In my experience in life (contrasting that epistemically with the stronger wisdom available from reading the right people), I find that a portion of folks are simply afraid of things they haven't experienced, and that fear can manifest in lots of different ways, generally depending on external factors more than internal.

And I've spent enough time around kids to understand very clearly that hatred is a thing that takes time to learn (must be taught), it doesn't really seem to arise naturally (though it is very effective at spreading - infectious).

What I was aiming to highlight, was new information to me, regarding the lie around the assertion that "people just didn't know any better". And saying, no, according to what you shared, that's not accurate, hatred and rejection (by motivated powerful people) did this, not pure ignorance. The fact of its only recent translation seems damning, and really struck me as "wow ideas were just locked away like that, pre-tech". I think I'm saying and thinking the same things as you, but maybe not?

At any rate, apologies if I am still missing something you find crucial.

[Edit: apologies I've edited this like 19 times in the few minutes since I posted to flesh it out better lol, I should really exercise better discipline and just collect my thoughts prior to submit. But anyway I'm done now]