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TreasonousBastard

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1. ...the bottom line seems to be that "I do not like people that are not me"...

Reply to last chance (Original post)

Wed Oct 30, 2019, 06:31 PM

Oct 2019

That's about it. It's part of the human condition at this point in our evolution. Goes back to "Watch out for the devils in Cave #3-- they mean us harm."

Do some searches on "fight or flee responses" and the amygdala, which have a lot to do with those fear responses. Free will is not as free as we might like it to be.

And note that the fact that we are biologically inclined to hate "the other" does not excuse it at all.

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...the bottom line seems to be that "I do not like people that are not me"... TreasonousBastard Oct 2019 #1

I could list books of research for you to read, but I'll cut to the chase. You have a Mind which Karadeniz Oct 2019 #2

I think transference of self-loathing is a major factor, too. ramen Oct 2019 #3