Science cannot prove a theory to be absolutely true, but it can prove theories to be false. The evidence shows that children naturally mistrust and are fearful of people (particularly men) of other races. Children don't have to be raised to be xenophobic, they just have to be human.



Don't you think it's a bit disingenuous to play the "maturity card" and then offer a flower? If it didn't matter to you and if you did have philia or agape for me, wouldn't you have ended your post without the last three lines? I think so.

I'm not saying I'm right (although I am saying you are wrong), just that I'm more correct, because I'm on the side of the research.

Unfortunately, yes. When the facts refute a hypothesis, those who hold to that theory are simply wrong. It's nothing personal about it, everyone is wrong from time to time. The research done in this field clearly refutes the belief that you have to be taught to hate those who aren't like you.

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She even looks like you.

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Since no question was posed, no answer is showing. Life is good.

Respectfully, you are both wrong. Xenophobia, racism, fear of the unknown are all genetic survival traits. You can believe as you will, you can dismiss xenophobia's past benefits to society if you want.

Hate, closed mindedness and xenophobia are major contributing factors to the survival of our species. Our societies may have outgrow their usefulness, but our genetics still make many of us naturally hate the unknown.

Not so long ago, strangers brought only new diseases or war. Most of our ancestors developed a natural closed mindedness and an aversion to strangers in order to protect our tribes. Additionally, our brains are only wired to manage close relationships with around 100 people. Another factor that limited primitive tribes in size and ensured that outsiders rarely found a warm welcome.

People who are open to strangers lack the necessary genes to protect the tribe from outsiders. Maybe you would have jeopardized the tribes survival, because you are so open to new things. Thankfully, the closed minded tribe members kept civilization alive, so that today, the norm is to be more accepting of different people and cultures.

Do you hate black people for being black? Tall people for being tall? If not, then why reject as simply wrong the naturally xenophobic people, without whom, we may not even exist today.

I'm not saying that we, as a society, need to hold onto xenophobia. I'm just saying that we need to see it for what it is, a survival trait that helped us get to this point, but is no longer as useful, rather than thinking of the xenophobic as purely wrong headed.

Hate comes natural, it doesn't have to be taught.

I abhor the message and behavior of the people, but I fall on the side of freedom.

The way I see it is this: It's always better to know how people really feel, so that you can be more selective about who you associate with.

they believe something different from you, and who is to say that they are right or wrong? they do not deserve respect for their beliefs, like you deserve for what you believe? however sick you think it is, thats how sick they think being gay is.

That's just terrible.

Seriously, what is wrong with these people?

The fact that you claim they are motivated by hate is not proof that they are motivated by hate. As I see it, you are assuming that they are guilty of hate until proven innocent.

Was the child's song tacky? Yes. However, we are unable to read the mind and heart of whoever taught the song. So, it is speculation to say that the song is motivated by hate.

What we have here is a straw-man argument.

No teaching of hate has been proven, just assumed.

I might disagree with what the little boy sang, but I would not claim that what he sang was motivated by hate.

When people wish to live according to the desires of their flesh, they reject anything that denies them what their flesh wants, including the teaching of a religious text.

Should anyone dare accept the teaching of that religious text, then that person will be accused of hatred even if the person has no hatred.

obviously nature intends reproduction

obviously two individuals of the same sex cannot physically reproduce together

obviously homosexuality is against nature

obviously for homosexuality to occur nature must wish to eliminate a species

obviously nature tried to eliminate homosapiens several times

obviously homosapiens defeated the plague, hiv/aids, syphilis, and many other diseases polio etc.

obviously nature approaches the elimination of humanity by reproducing homosexuals reducing the amount of homosapiens through this process

obviously god would be for natural intention of reproduction methods rather than against them as well as mother nature