A misanthrope is someone who mistrusts or hates humankind.
A racist is… well we all know what a racist is.
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A racist is worse. A true misanthrope would just be a recluse and not bother anyone else.
I’d say a racist is worse. At least a misanthrope treats everyone equally.
I can’t say that I 100% understand misanthropy, but IMO it’s way worse to single out a group and treat them differently than other groups. Whether that takes the form of racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. Generally I think that kind of behavior stems from people thinking that they are better than other people, therefore people “worse” than them deserve to be treated like garbage. And I just despise that mindset.
If someone hates me because of something I have in common with literally every human on the planet it doesn’t feel nearly as personal as if they hate me because I’m different from them in ways that I can’t control.
If someone hates me because of something I have in common with literally every human on the planet it doesn’t feel nearly as personal as if they hate me because I’m different from them in ways that I can’t control.
Misanthropes generally don’t hate individual people, and can even sometimes enjoy socializing with others. It’s not even all that accurate to say misanthropes hate humanity; they’re actually more profoundly disappointed in it. This is why they don’t engage in mass shootings or other forms of violence, and instead tend to just isolate themselves.
Misanthropy is just a reaction to humans being horrible. Racism is an example of why humans are horrible. So I think the answer is pretty clear.
Racists also use the “but they deserve it” defense.
But we all really do “deserve it”. Humans as a whole really don’t deserve to thrive based on how we have historically treated others and our earth. The problem with racists is that they think they’re better based on some negligible differences between humans.
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