Don't let Hate be Your Inheritance
By Morgan
@OneOfMany (12150)
United States
April 20, 2018 11:20am CST
I was thinking about it being Hitler's birthday, and the fact that so many alive today who weren't alive at that time often say they'd go back in time to kill him or the like. Or even wish that he'd died, when he's pretty much the reason so many of us are alive today. He moved history, and that resulted in a world of changes. Sure, he did evil things, but let the hatred for a man die with the generations alive when he was. Don't pass it through history to each generation to follow.
Many forget that it is history that defines them today. In the case of those hung up on slavery, I often hear, "If only slavery hadn't existed, I'd be... " "Dead?" is how I chime in. They're only alive here because of it. Most of those taken as slaves in Africa would have been slaves in other villages or killed off in tribe warfare. None of those alive today who had descendants as slaves in the Americas would be around if that history hadn't happened.
Sure, those who were slaves or the children of them, or even their grandchildren suffered from the memories or persecution. But those today have all the rights of any other in the country (who are here legally). What do they have to hate? Well, they inherited it.
Isn't it time to break the chains of the past and move towards the future? Clan warfare in different parts of the world, past persecutions, racial differences, etc... if it wasn't something you derived personally, do let it be what you've accepted from the generations that you never knew.
I may hate illegal immigrants with a fiery passion, but that's because I've been negatively impacted by them personally. If I have offspring, I don't intend to let them inherit that. Too often, people are blinded by their rage that they don't consider those that really don't have anything to do with it.
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@sabtraversa (12924)
• Italy
20 Apr 18
I don't hate illegal immigrants because I often see them as victims, I hate the ones who exploit them. I prepared a discussion concerning discrimination and stereotypes, but haven't had the courage to post it yet. 
The past is a tool people use to claim their innocence, play victim or justify oneself. Maybe we can't really take responsibility for what our ancestors did, at the same time, we must accept it happened.
I see this hatred towards the past as a mean to justify something deeper... frustration with one's life? Envy? Fear? Who knows.
The past is a tool people use to claim their innocence, play victim or justify oneself. Maybe we can't really take responsibility for what our ancestors did, at the same time, we must accept it happened.
I see this hatred towards the past as a mean to justify something deeper... frustration with one's life? Envy? Fear? Who knows.4 people like this
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
20 Apr 18
I see them as an enemy army (there are millions of them here) destabilizing the country's economical structure. If the question of "Who will do the work they do if they are gone?" crops up, then prisoners and welfare recipients are the best answer. We don't need illegals doing those jobs. However, if they were to be tracked and paid a fine that was like a tax, then that would be fine.... until they took the steps to be proper citizens. If they are just criminals, I say toss them in a deep pit.
Well, people like to blame the past on their current situation. Now, in one's personal life, that would be fine. We've all made mistakes that we wish we could change, but I'm not about to blame a choice my father made before I was born on why things aren't different now. That little change might have led to me not being here. So it's only things that have happened while I've been alive that I comment on.
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@sabtraversa (12924)
• Italy
20 Apr 18
@OneOfMany They are an enemy's army, and that enemy lives among us.
Soldiers are just told to kill, they don't even know what they're doing.
That's why I don't feel hatred towards them.
And we don't even know what exactly happened in the past, because we see proofs and data can be manipulated, why shouldn't that have occurred in the past? 
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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20 Apr 18
@OneOfMany Just out of interest, are most of your illegal immigrants from South America? Most of ours in the UK, and presumably the rest of Europe, have fled from places like Eritrea, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, etc. so I tend to think that they've suffered so much to come here, we should at least try to respect that. However, I still think they should use the proper channels and claim asylum, get a fair hearing and a fair verdict of whether they can remain in the country or not.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
20 Apr 18
Very well thought and executed, nice discussion I must say! We Indian also had some tyranny here in the past, but our culture and values teaches us to be us what we are and today there are many illegal immigrants in India and we are accepting them with open heart. It is not the fault of the immigrants, it is the fault of the leaders who are taking advantage of them and trying to spread violence and terrorism in the country by taking the advantage of their helplessness! Our kids never have grudge against any particular community or group nor the members of the society! It is all the political leaders those who wants this to happen create this condition for their vested interest! Thanks @OneOfMany!
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
20 Apr 18
@OneOfMany , I agree that that was not in good taste they behaved like that...but then where from these people acquired this confidence? They are after all illegal migrants and they know about this and they know what is their status in the country! I think it is the local political leaders they are encouraging them to be like that so that they will get into mainstream and later on these people can be used as vote bank when required! This is what is happening in our country! Thanks!
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
20 Apr 18
@AKRao24 Yes, they are being used as political pawns to illegally vote. Or their children, which are considered citizens (which I think should be over-ruled) when they grow up. The future of governments around the world need to be about the good of a country, not the politicians that want to profit.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
20 Apr 18
I don't mind legal immigrants at all, because they contribute. I just don't like being taxed more to help people I don't want here (those who are here illegally). It's one thing if they are just people trying to survive. It's another thing entirely if they are violent and disregard the rules for the sake of their own gain (which is what I have been exposed to more in the past).
Before I developed this dislike, I was fine about them and just ignored them for the most part. However, one day while I was minding my own business shopping for groceries in my local store, there were a group of illegals blocking the aisle for the most part. Since I needed something down it, I just walked down there and said, "Excuse me," in a polite manner. Well, one of those men spun on me with disgust and anger, like I just cursed him out or something, his eyes burning with hatred. It was like "How dare you speak English in front of me!" I thought he was about to attack me. Fortunately, I was a lot bigger than him, and he backed off. However, everything changed after that.
I don't want any of them around, if they are going to be like that.
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
20 Apr 18
I personally think many want slavery to come back. Maybe not quite as brutal as in those days, but why do you think so many illegals came here in the first place.? The higher ups trying to exploit people for profit and why it did become a big problem and is still somewhat of a problem now. Not so much from people crossing the border anymore, but people flying here and never going back home.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
20 Apr 18
I'm sure the illegal population in the country is a bigger percentage of the total than anyone would guess. And true, some of the intellectuals that come here to visit and never go back are ones that aren't tracked, because we just assume they will go home. We don't know if they are going to arrive and disappear in the system.
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@PurnaSharma (2557)
• Guwahati, India
20 Apr 18
Similarly in my country hatred being inherited for the mistake done by their ancestors and through history it is passing from generation to generation.The upper caste tortured the lower caste in the past and for which the clans of upper caste have to suffer today.
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@PurnaSharma (2557)
• Guwahati, India
21 Apr 18
@OneOfMany ...Legal battle that made for them by providing them rights and privileges and on the otherhand clans those who have been suffering for their antecedent fault, following accepted it as a part of their history.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
22 Apr 18
@PurnaSharma Pretty much. People find a way to trap others in a cycle no matter how they try to break it.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
20 Apr 18
Very often with clans anywhere in the world, you have brutal fighting without the newer generations even knowing why they fight, but still they do.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
20 Apr 18
Hate doesn't help anyone. It would be a terrible thing to teach to others.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
20 Apr 18
Yet it seems to be easily passed down based on the behavior of parents and peers.
@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
20 Apr 18
I think people are blaming the past simply because they are looking for something or someone to blame and then what happens today, doing the same exact thing, just different scenarios. Hate has already caused too much pain in this world that people never moved on and still looking at what happened before instead of looking at what could happen in the future. Too sad.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
20 Apr 18
Or they blame the past because they have no control over the present, and want an excuse as to why they have failed to make a difference in their life. If they focus blame onto something that can't be influenced, it makes it not their fault.
In the end, it's a scapegoat that can't fight back.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
20 Apr 18
@mlgen1037 Or we make decisions based on what our future self would have wished we would have done. I have that kind of perspective now. I think, "In ten years, what would my future self have wished I had done differently?" and act along that line of thought.
It's difficult, but I think it is working out better. I should have done it ten years ago, though. :P
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
20 Apr 18
@OneOfMany Human nature to blame. Never looking forward. So how do we expect change? The mindset is all about the past. Why not make the past a reason to change to change what we can today?
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@ihasaquestion (8274)
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12 Jul 18
I hate killings and wars too, especially brutality towards women and children.
