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26 Sep 2007 Thought of the Day #6: Not liking what you see

Could one reason why we hate our fellow man is because we see a part of ourselves that we don't like inside them?

For example, an alcoholic hates himself for drinking himself to death and becoming an asshole when drunk. So he stops drinking and is happy with himself. He then sees a stumbling drunk down the street. He instantly despises and looks down on the drunk because it reminds him of when he was just like him and he hated it. Therefore he hates him.

It makes logical sense in a unfair kind of way. Does that instantly make him a bad person for thinking such bad things?

I have moments like that sometimes. I see a certain kind of person on the street and I look down upon them automatically, without thinking. It's towards fat men, people who could be thin but are heavily padded with fat. I see myself in them. I see how fat I use to be and I get disgusted with myself. I think "Why do you choose to be this way? It's simple to be thinner. It's better to be thinner. If I can do it, then anyone can do it. God I looked hideous."

I feel bad for reacting this way. I like to think I'm being helpful but at the end of the day I'm judging them by the way they look.

I know there are other people out there in the world that look down upon others because they see negative aspects of themselves. I sometimes wonder how many there are out there and what about.

Posted at: 11:35 AM

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