It is easy to hate someone of a different skin colour
So long as you don’t know anyone with a different skin colour
It is easy to insult folks who have a different religion
So long as you aren’t friends with someone with a different religion
It is easy to degrade people of the opposite gender
So long as you don’t respect people of the opposite gender
It is easy to dehumanize people from another country
So long as you don’t associate with people from another country
It is easy to dismiss members of a differing political party
So long as you never speak to a member of a differing political party
It is easy to look down on people who aren’t the same socioeconomic status
So long as you avoid people who aren’t the same socioeconomic status
It is easy to deride someone of a different body type
So long as you don’t mingle with someone of a different body type
It is easy to hate people who are different from yourself
So long as you don’t interact any people who are different from yourself
It is easy to hate
I can’t relate to the sentiment in that article (poem?). Is it really easy to hate those with whom you have no contact? Isn’t it more often the case that hate is developed through contact, cultural clash, and ideological incompatibility? Do people hate just because of difference, or is it because difference sometimes causes difficulty and misunderstanding? And aren’t some people taught to hate?
“It is easy to hate people who are different from yourself
So long as you don’t interact any people who are different from yourself”
I think this is exactly wrong. It’s easiest NOT to hate if you don’t interact. The difficulty in difference comes through interaction.