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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I appreciate the sentiment but prejudice is a fairly complex state of mind to propose as the atomic root of all society’s ills.

Prejudice is always preceded by fear. What other reason is there to pre-judge that isn’t synonymous with fear?

And similarly, fear of people is always preceded by lack of knowledge, a lack of confidence in one’s ability to predict behavior, aka trust.

I only ask because solving prejudice is hard — ask 10 people how and you’ll have 10 different answers — whereas a problem like ignorance has only one solution.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I dunno, greed seems to be winning out. Greed has even managed to weaponize prejudice to distract people from all the taking ...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

No, Nr 1 evil is greed in all it's forms.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Prejudice is a socially acceptable way to express anger. It's bad and irrational, yes.

Is there a good way to express anger?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Go to the gym.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The only acceptable prejudice is hating nazis. With anger, punch a nazi.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Getting angry is like taking poison and expecting your enemy to get sick.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Okay wow. So much for the tolerant left. 🙄🙄

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Everyone is left of the nazis and from them have everything to lose.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

No peaceful discourse with those who seek the end of peaceful discourse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Look everyone, a great example of binary thinking, and how limited it is. The lack of nuance forces your worldview into a narrow, childish view. Don't be like this guy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Is there good way to express anger?

FUCK YOU.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's not really socially acceptable

Anger is a secondary emotion and therefore symptom of another problem, you fix the problem.

Anger isn't something that has to be experienced

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Well it depends on the society now doesn't it?