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[yuiyoshida]

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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[Sanity Claws]

1. I was just thinking about ignorance this morning

People like the teabaggers are both ignorant and absolutely sure about everything. Their certainty doesn't allow them to compromise. They can't ever change or evolve because they think they know everything worth knowing. It's quite a circle.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. I think it's a bit more complicated than that...

as a species we haven't fully evolved yet and these things are remnants of our dim past.

[pampango]

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

protect "US" from? If so, that would explain why it seems to be relatively easy to whip up the fear that justifies "Prejudice, Bigotry, Misogyny, Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia".

[TreasonousBastard]

8. I think we still are to some extent...

It all goes back to the "Watch out for whatever's in Cave #23."

Our ape ancestors aren't particularly welcoming of outsiders coming in to share/steal food and females, and we haven't fully shed the habit.

Should at least be an interesting discussion amongst any experts in the field.

[NRaleighLiberal]

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

[Divernan]

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

It cuts both ways. For example, those who oppose Hillary only because she's female and those who support Hillary only because she's female.

People whose self image is so low, that the only thing they can feel good about is, for example, that they have lily white skins. Or that religious prayer, thank god I was not born a woman.

Just as bullies are always cowards at heart, the stronger the prejudice, the more insecure that person is and the more self-loathing they struggle to suppress.

[pampango]

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

If what I am proud of, and what I look down on others for, is things I and they have and had no control over, that is quite sad.

Just as bullies are always cowards at heart, the stronger the prejudice, the more insecure that person is and the more self-loathing they struggle to suppress.

Nicely said. People that feel good about themselves are much less likely to be racists, homophobes, bullies or nativists. When you don't feel good about yourself, it is common to look for others who are different from you to look down on. "I may feel bad about myself but at least I am not a --------."

[Faux pas]

5. Ignorance, arrogance and

some form mental illness. Just mho.

[CanSocDem]

9. We all are born into...

...a community with a set of beliefs. If those characteristics you mention are 'community standards', then you will have to move away from that community to learn different values.

I would say those traits come from a lack of education(in the broadest sense) rather than from an inbred, anti-social intent.



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