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A 3 page paper using Wiesel's "How Can We Understand Their Hatred?" and Bill Moyers' "The Heart of Hate" and "Learning to Hate" to discuss the origins and nature of irrational social hatred. The paper uses a white supremacist featured in "Learning to Hate" as example of small-mindedness and an individual controlled by fear. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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... the Holocaust ... It does look as though we could learn something from the past, doesnt it? Those events are far
away, however, in both space and time. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 are more recent and virtually everyone is aware of them, but they, too, are far
removed from our ability to grasp them. Wiesel (2002) directly addresses fanaticism in "How Can We Understand Their Hatred?," and Bill Moyers "The Heart of Hate" and "Learning to
Hate" provide examples of smaller issues more readily understood. Common Threads Regardless of the magnitude of the examples used, ranging from the overbearing,
violent wife abuser to the choreographer of the events of September 11, there is a need, as Wiesel (2002) notes, to avoid effective thinking. Though stereotyping is dangerous, virtually
all of these hate-filled individuals operate from a position of "My minds made up, dont confuse me with facts." Not a single individual in "The Heart of Hate" could
offer a legitimate reason for the hatred they harbor. That in itself would not be such an overwhelming issue if they would be willing to examine their prejudices.
Perhaps some would make an active choice to retain their hatred, but others certainly would be forced to face the fact that their hatred has no legitimate foundation.
Wiesel (2002) notes that the "fanatic derides and hates tolerance, which he perceives as weakness, resignation or submission," and that his "only interest is domination
by fear and terror" (Wiesel, 2002). These qualities are evident in the statements of Tom Metzger in "The Heart of Hate." Taking great pride in his adamant hold
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