Do you think hatred is learned or innate in people?

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GoodGuyBreakingBad · Accepted Answer

Since the year 2015-2016, I've seen more hatred and I believe that it is learned, people can't take anymore and just blow their cap, but I believe people need to take control of things, for example no matter who wins come 2024-2025 for US President we can't stop it, people are tired of 4 years of broken promises and NOPE I don't support Trump and I sure don't support Biden, but It will be a cold day in hell before I vote for any Democrat, Biden made promises to the Middle Class that he has broken, and these dumb asses are voting for him and I sure don't want to vote for Trump he is losing his mind I think I will vote Third Party. Sorry for my language.

Aiko_E_Lara · Accepted Answer

Everyone has their own instinct to hate something and it's natural. It's like you don't have to tell a kid that they have to hate shit because it smells bad. They just will hate it naturally. It's what makes someone a person. But if you're talking about someone hating something or someone because everyone else hated them without knowing the reason why, that's not really hate. That's insecurity because they don't want to be hated by others and they may just do that for attention. That's basically the cancel culture.

menina · Accepted Answer

I believe it's learned. Babies are unable to hate and children only hate if an adult tells them do so.
People also learn to to hate based on one or two experiences or in things they heard of but never experienced.

Xia1994 · Accepted Answer

Both. It can be learned but it’s also an innate human emotion that needs to be controlled and managed properly.

Purpleronnie · Answer

Hate is 100% a learned, could NEVER be innate just like any emotion and also a word that’s banded about too frequently and over-used as people feel the need to exaggerate their negative emotion in an effort to affect change or communicate strongly , the problem here is that it’s instantly de-valued.
Other synonyms make more sense when “hate” is used instead , it’s become commonplace like a sickness.

handsomelad70 · Answer

Innate, but people have to be taught to actively hate. (By "innate," children as young as six months old can detect different skin tones. However, they must learn from elders that those with such skin shades are regarded inferior and/or evil by their first teachers.)

NaultD · Answer

Hatred is learned. Even more so now with coded language and dog whistles. Even historically with euphemisms. You could almost take a college course on the subject anywhere you live.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

I will say THIS, I never had a problem with Italians and East Asian people, until I actually went there. I believe hate is bred from experience.

IslaTheWitch · Answer

it's one of the emotions most of us are born able to feel

Kaneki05 · Answer

Hate is not learned. Hate for something is. It's really that simple.

OurBacheloretteDream · Answer

@laly520 Learnt, as we have to learn everything in life at the very beginning, right?

worldscolide · Answer

It's definitely learned. Fear is a natural response to the unknown, hatred of the unknown is learned.

Rangers · Answer

I think it's misunderstood, it's much easier to label those ideologically opposed to us as "hateful" rather than actually learn about them

thisAppIsGarbage · Answer

Why not both. Instincts are innate and learned. Passed on generation to generation. When we are in the woods we don't look out for rabbit paw prints and expect danger. We look out for wolves and bears because they do wolf amd bear shit. The same in Chicago or Philadelphia. We don't watch out for white people prints we watch out for N word prints. Because N words do what N words do

Sharkstealth · Answer

It's learned and then reciprocated. Every instance I know personally of amongst different cultures is first a victim and then the antogonizer.

Juxtapose · Answer

Well if you punch me you don't need to sit me through a class for me to learn to hate you for it 🤷

Still-alive · Answer

if we mean hate like racism or sexism hatred.. that stuff is definitely learned. and once it is learned its hard to get them to unlearn it.

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

It's definitely learned when you see kids play together they don't care what color their playmate is all they see is another kid to play with and to have fun with

genericname85 · Answer

i think by nature it's the emotion that is easiest to trigger and the most contageous of all.

OtterMan68 · Answer

learned. There may be some genetics involved, but I think it's 90-99% learned

gorydetails · Answer

It's a survival skill of humans to be wary of "others".

Kelly6 · Answer

@laly520 hate come from both ways but mostly learned and influenced by

Snakeyes7 · Answer

It is always learned. If you have ever read Call of the Wild, I like to think of it as the Law of Club, although that speaks more of the fear aspect than hatred which is mutually exclusive to hatred but are often associated.

Jaynird · Answer

I think it’s learned. Children don’t hate or see race. I think we all think we deserve more or better things and we grow to hate those with more or don’t see life the same as ourselves.

DrPepper12 · Answer

FEAR is inate, HATRED is learned. BIG DIFFERENCE!!

dreamstar72 · Answer

Hate is a taught by family, friends, enemies heck just say society

exitseven · Answer

Hating is baked into our DNA. It helped keep us alive. Who we hate is a learned response.

jahaims · Answer

It's nature and nurture. If you never experienced hate in anyway then someone killed everyone you love you would feel hate.

Justneedtokno · Answer

Hate can be taught. That doesn’t mean you you can’t detect bad vibes or energy from a person

katiesmuff · Answer

I believe absolutely that it is learned!

MrDaveAPSI · Answer

Hate is taught. Hitler didn't come out of the womb SAYING, death to jews and anyone who isn't me. He was taught to hate

Anonymous · Answer

Hatred can also come from demonic influence through sin as well.

BarryLiverstone · Answer

Negative emotions are innate.. but hatred for things is learned

MrExperienced · Answer

Hatred is 100% a learned behavior.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

It's innate in people. All humans naturally suck, some worse than others.

Kimberly1979 · Answer

It’s taught for most part. Tend to hear stuff as children when we’re small.

Jennz6 · Answer

Yes it’s a learned behavior

LiamS95 · Answer

It is most often a learned trait.

imfreeze95 · Answer

It really depends on the person

onedarkcloud · Answer

HATRED IS TAUGHT!

nawtee_me · Answer

It is a learned behavior

mandyfire98 · Answer

It's learned

AlleyMarie92 · Answer

I think it’s definitely a learned behavior

Astarlessnightsky · Answer

Its learned.

MemeSupreme · Answer

probably both but a lot is learned

DJB72 · Answer

Mostly learned

bowenw · Answer

Learned

Wise4myage · Answer

I think its learned.

MacDaddyRico · Answer

Learned... taught...

CubaPirate · Answer

Learned

eagle1951 · Answer

learned

whistlingwh0res · Answer

Because suckers are lying come out suckers

wiltingrosepetal · Answer

Learned

WhitneySnow · Answer

Learned

shortster · Answer

Learned

Amur8711 · Answer

Learned

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