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 Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:58 pm
I don't know how many of you have already seen this image, its by a kind of popular DA artist. Centi.  The description written by artist: Quote: ""Hate Is Contageous. Its a disease that poisons and corrupts the soul. Innocence lost, our children are listening" Thats is whats written over and over in the background. I want to let you all know that this is in no way intended to be a racially offensive artwork but rather intended to make a statement of how our hatred and ideals are passed ont our children. I drew this after seeing an interview on television with a band named Prussian blue. It consists of two twin girls, very young, very innocent looking, with a soft sweet sound to their music, until you listen to the lyrics. Brought up by a white supremecist mother and grandfather the girls were raised to believe blacks were not human...therefore dont have souls the same as them...which is where the phrase on the girl's scarf "he died for me, not you" came from. Watching these girls broke my heart to realize that two girls that look innocent on the outside are so corrupted by their caretakers ideals...and it made me want to cry. The characters in this image are both to a degree intended to be children, and siblings, the boy older and farther along in his path to corruption, but the girl vastly unaware of the degree of wrongness in her holding such a doll in her hands. Spatterred with blood textures in the background to show that only pain and negative results come from such opinions." Now, I think I was impacted by this piece of artwork - even just a little. Were you? Does this picture have an impact on you? Does it make you want to change, or be a better person? Does it remind you of some hate you may have witnessed in you life, somewhat recently? Or does it just inspire you for your own piece of artwork? Is this true for the reverse? Is love contageous? Or is that not possible, it todays world, that seems to be filled with so much hate, that only hate can be passed around? I think there were other questions I meant to ask, but I can't recall. So, just discuss anything you please about this image, really.
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:05 pm
Yeah, I would have to say this picture [or more like, the description of the picture] has impacted me, even just a little.
And I have experienced a slight some form of this 'contagious hate', whether it was passed down from parents or even from a classroom enviroment. The opinions of one's own peers can influence their judgement, even if they don't quite realize it. When I was in fourth grade, there was this boy named Michael that for some reason or another, everyone [as a majority] disliked. And most of this was from the 'feeling' that people carried to others.
I do believe hate is contagious, having experienced some form, even if to a lesser degree than the Prussian blue band. But I also believe that the reverse, love is contagious, is also true. There's still -some- hope left in the world. :]
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:28 pm
It wasn't the picture that really impacted me, but the description and the whole thought of corruption.
Yes, I believe hate is contagious in many ways. It's really hard not to hate someone that already hates you... but I think love is the same as well. It's hard not to like/appreciate someone what loves you or shows you that they care about you.
Now let's spread the love then. smile
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:34 am
Holy shitmonkies. I think I know the girls he's talking about. This is a huge impact, and very well drawn too. Makes me sad. sad
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:38 am
ahh, i remember this drawing...>_> i didnt get it at first. XD *hides*
yes... hate is contagious.. but not always i think.
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:12 am
I don't think hate is always contagious. My Grandmother is racist and yet my Mum is not. It caused problems seeing has how at one point my boyfriend was west Indian, my cousin married an African American, and my brother just a married a beautiful Filipino woman. Seeing how my Grandmother reacts to these sort of things has taught and distilled in me that I do not want to be that way. I am grateful however that my Mum did not take the same views as her mother.
I do believe hate is contagious, so is love but we can still choose. However, when we are taught it at such a young age it can make our views that much harder to change 'cause often time we tend to go with how we are taught.
Thank you so much for sharing this art piece and the the topic behind it. I love how art can give powerful messages and emotions.
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:43 pm
I'd beg to differ from what seems to be the common belief here. It seems to me Hate is far more contagious than love. You can teach a child to hate easily but its pretty tough teaching an adult to love. Look at all the neo nazi groups for example...half of them are only like that because there friends are, the other half are angry about some social issue and look towards a easy escape (scapegoat) by blaming the worlds problems on non-whites. You go on forums enough and you'll see more negative comments than positive ones. I hope i am not losing my point.
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:43 pm
No, I see what you're staying.
And standing up against a hateful group is much harder than just joining them, yes?
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:13 pm
That's incredibly sad (and the artwork is flawless, other than my inability to make sense of the scarf until reading the description...but that's my fault)...
(you guys may not recognize me...I usually only post in the writer's forum, but this begs me to post... XP)
Hateful attitudes can be taught easily to children. And I would conclude that so can loving ones (hate may well be easier to teach, but love is far more enduring). Children learn to be what those they trust teach them to be (though that's not to say that people aren't born with certain incorruptible qualities, I believe they are). People teaching hateful attitudes is horrible. It delays the child finding who they are and what they really believe. I doubt that anyone with prejudices truly believes them (fully, truly, utterly, and without doubt, I mean). Hate is easier to break than love. People need love more than hate and they know it...secretly...(sneaky people XD)...it's just much easier to hate than to love. But hate doesn't satisfy. Maybe people teach it to others in an attempt to feel like their satisfying their hatred. Racism, sexism, whatever-ism...it's nearly pitiable, considering what a waste of time and effort hating is (Mozilla considers "pitiable" a word O.o). Prejudice is the most stupid hate of all. It's unbelievable that anyone can hate numerous people they've never met. That's probably why I have trouble believing that it's actually hatred. All the hate I've received was driven by a desire for self-liking more than an offense committed by myself...not that that particular hatred was racist or sexist. It was more like I-like-picking-on-shy-people....ist.
(Okay, that's it...I'm out XD)
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:03 pm
Late to the party, but not to the subject.
Hate is contagious. As someone pointed out, there's Neo-Nazis and KKK and all sorts of other hate groups. But at least for most of those people, they're making a conscious decision. Sure, many of them act stupidly, but most of them also know that what they're doing is wrong.
The bigger issue is that of hate being inherited. The contagious kind of hate is easy to catch, but in many cases it dissipates quickly. Inherited hate is much tougher to rid yourself of, because it's almost like being brainwashed. You don't usually have a point of reference, something to compare to.
As for whether love is contagious. No, it's not. Love, especially agape, or principled love is NOT contagious. It takes work. Lots and lots of hard work. Some people have broken themselves out of cultures of hate, but it's much harder to become a loving person than it is to devolve into hatred. I have my theories about why this is so, but I'll leave them as an exercise for the reader. Suffice it to say, I don't think love is easy, which is why people who have it should be proud of themselves.... but perhaps, not so quick to condemn those who hate.... remember, "There, but for (Whatever it is in your case) is me."
In fact, is not being upset with people who are prejudiced not another form of small-mindedness? Sadly, I'm guilty of this one too, but I think it does pose something we might all want to consider.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:06 pm
Quote: it's much harder to become a loving person than it is to devolve into hatred.
I can definently agree to that.
For some people, loving comes easy too and hating isn't something they really take part in. I have this one friend who is just so friendly and nice to just about anyone, and I don't know if I've ever really heard her talk about hating anybody. Nah, I just remembered somepeople she does hate, but anyway.
Quote: I don't think love is easy, which is why people who have it should be proud of themselves....but perhaps, not so quick to condemn those who hate....
I like what you said here too, a lot. I'm not a really hateful person like in any hate groups like the KKK or Nazis or against the gay community or anything, but I've been accused of being a "hateful callus person" and lost a "friend" this way, because she didn't want to be around someone like that. But she "loves life" so much, and I actually heard her say "im so happy! i love life and you should too " And I think thats a pretty BS statement. Am I wrong?
Its not that Im saying people shouldn't love life, it probably sounds that way without knowing the whole situation or either person that well, but its more like she lives in a psuedo-forced giddy happy life that nothing is wrong and everybody should love everyone.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:23 pm
Quote: I like what you said here too, a lot. I'm not a really hateful person like in any hate groups like the KKK or Nazis or against the gay community or anything, but I've been accused of being a "hateful callus person" and lost a "friend" this way, because she didn't want to be around someone like that. But she "loves life" so much, and I actually heard her say "im so happy! i love life and you should too " And I think thats a pretty BS statement. Am I wrong? Its not that Im saying people shouldn't love life, it probably sounds that way without knowing the whole situation or either person that well, but its more like she lives in a psuedo-forced giddy happy life that nothing is wrong and everybody should love everyone. Well, first, I want to apologize for going off on this tangent. And second, for putting in my two cents on a subject where I only have this side of the story. For instance, for all I know, this person is manic-depressive. But in my opinion, people SHOULD love life. It's a pretty awesome thing, even when it's in the crapper. It beats death by a New York minute and a nautical mile. As for the ostrich approach... for some people, that's the only way they can manage it. And for some people, it means they're hiding something, and they don't want people butting in. So, perhaps, it's not such a bad thing.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:29 pm
Its fine that people love life, that she loves life, whatever. Its the pushing it in others people faces thats so annoying. Saying "I love life, my life is great, I'm so happy" ect just too often, and to me it comes more off like "My lifes great, and yours isn't." And to say I love life, so you should too? Just kind of ignorant in my opinion.
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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:40 pm
Well, many people (including myself) tend to feed off of other people's emotions.
If you're happy, we're usually very pleased to see your smile.
If you're upset, we're sad because we're worried.
If you're hurt--
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Well, we're usually pissed off because we want to get your revenge, but--
Hopefully my picture is gotten.
Heh... picture... lawl, I didn't do that on purpose.
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:42 am
If laughter is contagious.....why not hate confused
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