Do you genuinely hate or genuinely love humanity?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

Poll question: Do you genuinely hate or genuinely love humanity?

I genuinely love humanity but boy do I get angry at yours and mine at times

[tuvor]

1. I think it was Linus who said

"I love humanity. It's people I can't stand."

[short bus president]

2. humanity's cool,

humans mostly suck.

[Lilith Velkor]

3. Yes.

[progmom]

4. Gotta go with love.

I will always choose love.


on edit: OMG does this sound sappy and stupid. i'm up way past my bed time. good night. :boring:

[Guaranteed]

5. It's bittersweet.

And that's the beauty of it.

[ulysses]

33. heh. yup.

Well said.

[Spider Jerusalem]

6. Humanity in general, I love.

Most humans in particular I can do without. THe misanthropy and cynicism of this I think you can put down to frustrated idealism...I keep wanting to believe that people are better, that they'll do the right thing given the chance...and I keep getting disappointed.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

7. You capture my basic sentiment

[bloom]

9. I was leaning toward the opposite

I hate the "rat race" aspect of the world (and you can get a negative view of people by reading the news) - but I love the people that I know. (Ok - some of them drive me crazy - but in general...)

[cprise]

14. Faith in humanity is essential.

At least the sort that holds up our potential to be good... on balance.

Anyone who cannot manage that on most days is probably sabotaging any political movement they associate with, not to mention our very future.

Put another way: Misanthropy is antisocial political death. We have no choice but to believe in humankind is we want to be successful.


But humanists' faith can be mighty difficult, whether they are religious or secular.

[leftofthedial]

8. humanity would be great

if it weren't for people.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. I do love humanity...

and I try like the very devil to treat them the way I'd like to be treated! People do aggravate me sometimes, but I figure this is probably fair; I'm sure I aggravate people from time to time as well...

:shrug:

[Floogeldy]

16. Angel

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. My dear Floogeldy!

Sometimes I am, sometimes not...trust me on this!

O8) or :evilgrin: You decide!

[LRSU_Ghost]

17. Oh please!

You? aggravate? no way...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. You have NO idea! my dear Ghost!

Check your PM....

[Mojambo]

11. Hate doesn't seem a strong enough word some days

I think "despise" might be the best word.

[cprise]

22. Then you're not paying proper attention.

As rotten as things are turning in the US, there is so much more going on out there that is good.

If you want to obsess about the US, then look at it this way: Even with the largest power-grab in our history, the carnage they can get away with is probably smaller than ever.

[Mojambo]

27. Please don't assume that my derision for humanity is US centric

It's not.

[cprise]

28. Then you must be projecting. n/t

[Mojambo]

29. If you say so.

Remarkable diagnosis.

I just call it the way I see it.

[cprise]

32. Our point of view can become very myopic.

[nickgutierrez]

12. Depends on the day.

Some days, I love people - others, not so much.

[southlandshari]

42. But admit it.

You looooovvvveee me every day, right?

:evilgrin:

(Be nice, I'm the one with the grey ghost in this friendship!)

[xmas74]

13. I love humanity in general

it is certain individuals that I despise. And it seems like most of the sheep out there flock to these individuals.

[Blue-Jay]

15. Both....or maybe neither.

Let me tell you about my lunch hour today:

I was walking to Millenium Park in Chicago to find a good place to eat lunch and read a book when I passed a homeless dude who was shaking a cup full of change, hoping for a handout. He was wearing a t-shirt that proclaimed "God Bless America". I wondered if he truly felt that he was living in the best country in the world, despite the fact that he is denied health coverage and a decent place to sleep.... I gave him some cash, and didn't particularily care if he spent it on food or on booze or on drugs. Whatever makes his life more bearable, ya know? Fine with me. Still, it reinforced my innate cynacism. Maybe someone gave him that shirt or maybe he was making a patriotic statement or maybe he was being ironic. (or maybe I was just reading too much into the situation...probably the case)

Then I made my way to the Crown Fountain so I could eat my turkey wrap and watch the kids. All kinds of kids, all ages, all races, all laughing and splashing around and having a hell of a good time. Watching them always makes me feel better about everything. Sometimes I take off my shoes and splash around with them. They make me think that may we just might have a chance. Damn kids.

So.... both, I guess.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

18. or humanity is just cute when it's young

[Blue-Jay]

19. It's not about "cute" ,my friend.

It's about "hope". Those kids that I like to watch give me hope. (Sure, they're cute too)

[EFerrari]

20. I must love humanity because it pisses me off something fierce.

:)

[cprise]

30. That is precious.

And rather quotable!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

21. It's dangerous to get to know people too much

because the more you do
you start loving,
or at least getting fond of,
or at least feeling compassion for,
or at least pitying,
or at least not hating with such certainty
even the ones you were sure you hated
most of all. Course
I havent met everybody
but I have had that revolution happen
in my own heart
time & time again
in my own particular life & learning...

[Tom Kitten]

23. Being a human I love humanity

Even though we're all fucked up!

[RummyTheDummy]

24. The late comic/social commentator Bill Hicks once said

That we're "a virus with shoes". On most days, I agree.

[Mojambo]

31. Too true. Carlin most closely represents my feelings for humanity

I enjoy watching (and sometimes being a part) of this freakshow, but as a species we're just going nowhere.

[Deja Q]

34. Depends on my mood...

While I am generally optimistic, I then notice 30-year olds with children laughing with them as they wreak havoc, or walking in acrowd as the idiot children keep dropping things and slowing everyone else up...

I could go on for ages. I'll miss humanity as being a civilized species.

[catbert836]

35. I think its love

You gotta love humanity, despite all its flaws . It's what we're stuck with.

[RPM]

36. Other - i love the concept, hate the practice

humans havent been showing me much in the last 150 years. Some bright spots, but mostly improved methods of raping, pillaging and looting.

[Zuni]

37. I have a love/hate relationship with humanity

some days I find my faith in humanity restored, other days I feel nothing but contempt for the majority of people on earth

[sundog]

38. i have been thinking about this all morning...

i believe i once had a deep faith in the basic goodness of humanity... age and experience has proved that faith invalid on many counts...

it's not about love or hate anymore, it's about survival... and being able to deal with many facets of the human beast

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

39. well...

do ya?

[progmom]

40. gratuitous kick?

;)

[Zomby Woof]

41. depends on the day

I tend to lean towards love, if only because of our enormous potential, creatively and compassionately.

Then again, it is betraying that potential that leads me to be frustrated with the species. If I succumb to hating, that will ultimately make part of what I (paradoxically) hate about humanity.

So it's very conditional, temperamental, fickle love.