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Hating is bad for your health
« on: February 06, 2014, 01:05:31 PM »
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Cyrano (8,232 posts) Thu Feb 6, 2014, 09:07 AM


Hating is bad for your health

I'd been feeling really lousy for a long time, in spite of the fact that I eat healthy foods and exercise daily. My doctor couldn't find anything wrong with me in blood tests and a general physical exam.

I mentioned this to a close friend, who never gives unsolicited advice, and asked him what he thought could be causing it. His answer was immediate. "Hatred," he said. My response was, "Ummm, Hunh?"

He told me that I spend entirely too many evenings watching hours of MSNBC, and entirely too much time on liberal websites. "Most of your conversations," he said, "are about how much you hate Republicans, how infuriating they are, how insane they are, and how we have to find some way to get them out of power forever."

He was absolutely right. My hatred for Republicans was, all too often, my main topic of conversation. And it was eating me up.

I cut way back on my MSNBC viewing, sticking mainly with Rachel, and I changed my online reading habits. That was a month ago. And I'm feeling better with every passing day. For the first time in a couple of years I feel really healthy and energetic.

We Dems have every reason in the world to hate Republicans. And I'm not saying we should start liking them or ignoring them. What I am saying is that we cannot become so obsessed that we end up damaging ourselves.

As many a wise person has said, "Everything in moderation."
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1. Don't leave out the rich

Many people get so consumed with their hatred of the rich that they feel like shit and don't accomplish there own goals.
Correction, many, if not all liberals are consumed by their hatred.

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el_bryanto (6,003 posts)
2. I personally don't hate the rich - I just want to make their lives harder and more difficult

Not to punish them but because they have things way to easy and that ease is killing America.

Bryant

No. It's the leeches that contribute nothing but take everything that have it too easy.

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19. There's a big difference between rich and greedy.

I've been one, but not the other.
I'm guessing greedy.

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23. I often wonder if teabaggers and other wingnuts

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are being consumed by their hatred.

They are constantly being whipped into a frenzy by the right wing echo chamber and my guess is that their hatred of us far outweighs anything we feel about them.

Now that I'm "on the road to recovery" so to speak, (as explained in my OP), I wonder if they'll ever start to see the light. It seems to me that at their current rate, they will totally destroy themselves.

Nope, not a chance. The hatred and bitterness of liberals is self evident. It manifests itself in your very outward appearances.  For proof just look through any picture thread on DU.

Almost every single study done has found out that conservatives and Christians are happier and healthier than liberals. Also smarter.
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2014, 01:13:38 PM »
No DUmbass...the hatred you lunatics ascribe to us is your impotent projections.
How does it feel to be uselessly consumed by your own insanity?
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2014, 01:20:03 PM »
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23. I often wonder if teabaggers and other wingnuts

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are being consumed by their hatred.

They are constantly being whipped into a frenzy by the right wing echo chamber and my guess is that their hatred of us far outweighs anything we feel about them.

Now that I'm "on the road to recovery" so to speak, (as explained in my OP), I wonder if they'll ever start to see the light. It seems to me that at their current rate, they will totally destroy themselves.

So....Much....Projection.

For my rebuttal.  Name a conservative site where all the members do is complain about about their sicknesses and misfortune? One, just one.
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2014, 01:31:04 PM »
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38. Hatred keeps me going.

I channel that energy into things I'm doing, such as my thesis, artwork, and stuff like that.

Pretty much every last one of them admitting that they are seething,miserable people at heart.
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2014, 02:01:48 PM »
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2. I personally don't hate the rich - I just want to make their lives harder and more difficult

You are a piece if shit and you are what is ruining America.  I am not rich, far from it.  I work hard and know I can get wealthy if I keep up a work ethic and make wise decisions with my money. You on the other hand think you are owed someone else's working rewards. Get a life and take responsibility for your own self before you say stupid shit likeyou did above. You are the reason you aren't wealthy.   :loser: you will be nothing your whole life with your attitude.  You have no entitlement to mine or anyone else's money!! :bird:
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2014, 03:04:58 PM »
The idiots from Skins Island have to be the most miserable F**KS that God ever put on this earth.   
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2014, 03:08:41 PM »
Notice how everything economically except for the top 5%  under Obama has gone to shit. Blacks are doing the worst since records have been kept. Hispanics are hurting just a bit behind that.

The greatest trick every played was the devil convincing people he isn't there.

The second greatest trick is the democrats convincing people that they are for the poor and minorities.
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2014, 03:15:33 PM »
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The idiots from Skins Island have to be the most miserable F**KS that God ever put on this earth.   

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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2014, 03:41:41 PM »
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2. I personally don't hate the rich - I just want to make their lives harder and more difficult

Not to punish them but because they have things way to easy and that ease is killing America.

This is the left's ideal solution to the "inequity gap" that they snivel and whine so much about.  They don't see the value of bettering themselves to rise to the level of the rich, but want to bring the rich down to their own level of misery so that everyone suffers equally.
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2014, 04:03:05 PM »
Quote from: DLR Pyro on February 06, 2014, 03:41:41 PM
This is the left's ideal solution to the "inequity gap" that they snivel and whine so much about.  They don't see the value of bettering themselves to rise to the level of the rich, but want to bring the rich down to their own level of misery so that everyone suffers equally.

That is the core of leftism, shared misery. Instead of striving to make things better for everyone, they focus on bringing down those who are successful.
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2014, 06:04:44 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on February 06, 2014, 04:03:05 PM
That is the core of leftism, shared misery. Instead of striving to make things better for everyone, they focus on bringing down those who are successful.

They're not happy unless they're not happy, and making others unhappy.
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2014, 07:06:50 PM »
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41. I cut back on watching MSNBC and liberal reading too.

Too much of it rots my brain. I watch movies and do other things resembling having a life. And I do feel better.

Good luck!

You can say that again!
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2014, 03:56:43 AM »
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He told me that I spend entirely too many evenings watching hours of MSNBC, and entirely too much time on liberal websites. "Most of your conversations," he said, "are about how much you hate Republicans, how infuriating they are, how insane they are, and how we have to find some way to get them out of power forever."

Another who doesn't spend 24/7 on politics.   :whatever:

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38. Hatred keeps me going.

I channel that energy into things I'm doing, such as my thesis, artwork, and stuff like that.

Oh, I'd love to read that.
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2014, 05:20:48 AM »
Quote from: jukin on February 06, 2014, 03:08:41 PM
Notice how everything economically except for the top 5%  under Obama has gone to shit. Blacks are doing the worst since records have been kept. Hispanics are hurting just a bit behind that.

The greatest trick every played was the devil convincing people he isn't there.

The second greatest trick is the democrats convincing people that they are for the poor and minorities.

I knew a woman a lot of years ago who always voted Democrat. She constantly put down the Republicans. Despite her voting record, she was anti-abortion and anti-ILLEGAL immigration. One day, after she had went off on a rant about Republicans, I finally asked her why she hated Republicans and voted Democrat. Her answer was that the Democrats are for the poor man and the working man and the Republicans are for the rich. After hearing her answer, I asked her to give me some examples. That ended the conversation.
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2014, 05:29:55 AM »
Quote from: ChuckJ on February 07, 2014, 05:20:48 AM
I knew a woman a lot of years ago who always voted Democrat. She constantly put down the Republicans. Despite her voting record, she was anti-abortion and anti-ILLEGAL immigration. One day, after she had went off on a rant about Republicans, I finally asked her why she hated Republicans and voted Democrat. Her answer was that the Democrats are for the poor man and the working man and the Republicans are for the rich. After hearing her answer, I asked her to give me some examples. That ended the conversation.

I have a relative that spews that same garbage every time he sees me.  I've found it easier to just not go around him anymore.  Easier to get along that way.
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« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2014, 05:56:36 AM »
Look at the threads in the Generally Disgusting forum at the DUmp on any given day at any given time.

Fully 80% of them reflect some sort of negativity, hate, jealousy, anger, and bitterness.

Then imagine what reading that junk day after day, week after week, year after year does to you.

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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2014, 06:08:03 AM »
Quote from: Gern on February 07, 2014, 05:56:36 AM
Look at the threads in the Generally Disgusting forum at the DUmp on any given day at any given time.

Fully 80% of them reflect some sort of negativity, hate, jealousy, anger, and bitterness.

Then imagine what reading that junk day after day, week after week, year after year does to you.



I can't spend more than 15 minutes there at a time or I have the urge to rip out my hair.
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2014, 09:05:54 AM »
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2. I personally don't hate the rich - I just want to make their lives harder and more difficult

Not to punish them but because they have things way to easy and that ease is killing America.

Bryant

This is the mindset of the parasitical assholes we're sharing the country with, and this is why it'll ALL come to a bloody head eventually.
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2014, 09:13:09 AM »
Quote from: Rebel on February 07, 2014, 09:05:54 AM
This is the mindset of the parasitical assholes we're sharing the country with, and this is why it'll ALL come to a bloody head eventually.


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2. I personally don't hate the disabled, the poor, and unemployed - I just want to make their lives harder and more difficult

Not to punish them but because they get so many handouts, have things way to easy and that ease is killing America.

Bryant

Interesting how that can be interpreted so differently with just a few changes from a conservative perspective.

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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2014, 10:38:33 AM »
That Vashta creature is a real bitch.  Her posts are always over-the-top nasty. 

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53. I can't imagine living a life fueled by hatred.
How does that translate into anything good ?

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57. You'd be surprised.

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Almost every single study done has found out that conservatives and Christians are happier and healthier than liberals. Also smarter.
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« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2014, 04:14:17 PM »
If only hatred was deadly. :-) Our problems would be solved.
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #21 on: February 07, 2014, 04:17:34 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on February 07, 2014, 04:14:17 PM
If only hatred was deadly. :-) Our problems would be solved.

Or if stupidity was painful, we'd get the same results, but it would take longer.
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #22 on: February 08, 2014, 06:37:22 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on February 07, 2014, 04:14:17 PM
If only hatred was deadly. :-) Our problems would be solved.
It is...they just continue to vote anyway.   :banghead:
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Re: Hating is bad for your health
« Reply #23 on: February 08, 2014, 09:34:40 PM »
I thought they relish in their hatred. No?
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« Reply #24 on: February 09, 2014, 02:54:48 AM »
They take themselves way too seriously. On the other hand, I get great joy in seeing their misery.

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