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Hate needs justification (lemmy.zip)
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Often there is some sort of emotional conflict that makes you go to hate for emotional self protection. Chances are your mindset is part of the problem. To stop hating you need to be vulnerable.

I wish I learned that younger in life

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[โ€“] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Reminds me of American History X

Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time. It's just not worth it.

[โ€“] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Yeah I think hate is a draining and destructive emotion.

There's situations where it should be used, but it should be used wisely. For example, it takes an insane amount of shady behavior to get under my skin, but when people do, they earn my hate and that makes me set very solid boundaries. But it would be bad to destroy friendships for hating someone because we got on each other's nerves for a while.