[ Kitty, who doesn't know a damn thing about any religious text, misses the reference. ]
Oh, more that if you go around with a particular mindset, you get used to that mindset. Cruelty to others breeds cruelty more broadly. If you look for things to hate, you'll find things to hate - in others, in the world, in yourself. I don't necessarily believe what they say, that people turn cruel to others out of self-loathing, but I do believe that cruelty to others breeds self-loathing.
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Oh, more that if you go around with a particular mindset, you get used to that mindset. Cruelty to others breeds cruelty more broadly. If you look for things to hate, you'll find things to hate - in others, in the world, in yourself. I don't necessarily believe what they say, that people turn cruel to others out of self-loathing, but I do believe that cruelty to others breeds self-loathing.