of course--usually when you hate someone you're only hating something about them that represents/mirrors something similar about you that you hate in yourself (consciously or not)
That would obviously explain my hatred for popular, witty, good looking, talented people with large bank accounts and trophy wives.
First of all, do you actually
hate them. Really? With a passion? Because that’s what hate is. We are not talking about the watered down
hate that people throw around carelessly but of the original one, the one that mercilessly haunts you at all times. Secondly, your verbatim reading of what has been written is quite ridiculous: hate only represents/mirrors
something in yourself — not necessarily something that has anything to do with the object of your hate (e.g. you may hate the rich because of the feelings of inadequacy that they instil in you, or you may hate them for some completely irrational reason that you don’t even know about yourself, etc., etc.).
how does that explain my hate of racism? (given i have mixed race kids - i.e. am not racist.)
Same as above: do you hate racism, or do you
hate racism? I think that you can only
really hate something if it affects your immediate everyday life. That is to say that I think that most people have an easier time (
really) hating their neighbour than hating, say, Idi Amin, or whomever. Hating abstract things ought to be even harder.
Eh, I guess this makes my Stalin example a bit strange. I will have to get back to you on this one.