Why is Misanthropy ok but racism taboo?

[Krois]

I don't know if the goal of this debate is to make people hate misanthropy or not since it is being compared with racism. From my perspective as a misanthrope, this debate makes as much sense as a debate on if we should hate those avid dog-lover/cat-haters with passion more intense than the hate for racism. Yes sure, go ahead; that's exactly the reason why I hate this species to begin with because the logic for justifying the stuff humans do is so messed up.

Before anyone mistaking us to be just angry loner teens that shouldn't be taken seriously and most likely destined to be serial killers. Let me make this clear, we do have human friends/family and our hate for human species are perfectly sound as we got the entire history of humanity and latest news to back it up; as for desire to eradicate the some or entire species, are you daft? Listen to yourself before you speak. Hating something doesn't mean the need to destroy it on sight.

If that is your view on us, then you're ignorant, misinformed or bias and we hate that kind of people. But if you hate us for merely being an ass most of the time, then your hate is just.

 

[DracoSuave]

He can be seen as charming and sympathetic, someone fed up with the bullshit of his species.

You tell yourself that.

In other news, people hate assholes. "Misanthrope" is a five-dollar word for "asshole".

 

[rabidmidget]

It's about the ideas behind the person that cause the different reactions. Racism has been an issue for as long as people have existed, and it needs to be constantly fought against, misanthropy on the other hand, can only really exist in isolated cases due to its nature, so it isn't as much of a concerning issue.

 

[Krois]

If you hate us for being a pain, do so. At least I can accept people hating me for being impatience.

Thing is we hardly care as do most people when you hate a person for who they are. The topic is asking "shouldn't it logically follow that misanthropes are worse people than racists", which is validating thoughtcrime and not about what we actually did or didn't do in action.

We might hate human species but we don't sack people of their jobs for being human as racism do and we don't go out killing everyone on sight because of our belief too. Now how stupid would that sound to you if it were true?

If you failed to get the logic there, I think my hate is just in this case.

 

[CulixCupric]

I'm a misanthrope, so i know the subject. the simple answer is that misanthropy includes ALL people, and therefore doesn't discriminate. you hate everyone equally.

 

[owbu]

I guess it has something to do with the history of your society

If you life in germany/USA racism is a bigger deal than in other contries, cause our grandpas acted like total dicks
If you life in the western world sexism is a bigger deal than in the arabic countries, because some contries still act like total dicks towards women there

Since James bond movies arent real, misantrophes never invented their "laser", so noone really cares about them

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

Misanthropes have a general grivance where as racists act out of ignorance and fear. As a species we can be pretty fucked up and none of us can choose to be born so its understandable that some people have come to hate the whole human condition. Given the choice these people may have wished to be born as somthing else or not at all.

Racists, however, belive that certin types of humans are worse than others based on skin color and or place of birth. There is no evidence to suggest that being born black makes you a worse human than if your born white. This is just ignorance.

so to some it up: Given our history its easy to accept that the human race can be crappy...but saying being white somehow makes you better than the rest of the species is just going to piss people off.