Why are people are so mean and hateful.....?

Were people always like this? It seems like people are so rude lately. It's like everyone is out for themselves and has a "whats in it for me" attitude. People don' care about others. Especially on here people are so blatantly mean to other people- they are insulting and can be downright cruel. Road rage is getting out of control-- manners don't matter anymore...people are impatient and always in a hurry---of course, I know that this doesn't apply to everyone and I'm generalizing but it just seems like times have changed so much and people have lost all respect and compassion for other people. Lots of self-centerdness. What's going on?

Why are people are so mean and hateful.....?
It's not so much the people as it is the standards that get lowered whith each generation . . . one can get use to


anything if need be for there survival, so much so that if


that way of survival is threatened we all go balistic . . .





Think of this, why is it that young people go to there peers


instead of going to some who is older for advice . . . such


as ther parents or teachers or just some older person . . .





if you wanted to learn an instrument who would you go to some one who's been playing 20 minutes or 20


years?





we don't have to look hard to see that even the most docile


person can break out into a rage given the right provocation.


look at what goes today, every body is offended by either


some one or some thing, this offends me that offends me


so we relinquish this and ban that, and what do you hear


alot of? when i was your age i never did that or the oppisite


when i get to be that age i'll never be like that, no you won't


you'll be worse because the thruth is little by little we're all


a prouduct of the what came before us so in order to improve


things we think banning things will cure the situation, never


realizinng that all we're realy doing is confirming that old


saying, " The More Things Change The More They Stay The


Same " all we're realy doing in plain english, is getting more


and more pissed off at our selves, and blaming every one else for it, like smashing the mirror cause we don't like what we see in it . . .





If one realy studie's life from when it first began do you realy think you won't discover thruths that have been covered up?


ah but there in lies the secret, what is now has always been


and will continue to be, young people will grow old and have to live with there own dirty little secrets just as older people do now and you can bet your @ss your kids will tell you where


to get off eventually when they come up with new ways to


set new standards of survival which will be even lower than todays . . .





Accept anything and eventually anything will be acceptable.





allow any type of behaviour and that will be the blueprint for





future generations to come . . .





interfer with that blue print, and mark my words, what we





call hate and war now, and non tolerance of each other,





will pale in comparison as to what's waiting in the wings





for any one unfortuneate enough be around then . . .











forget the meek inheriting the earth, at the rate we're





going with all the hate and spite and falseities that we





pass off as love and compassion, they won't need to





freaking inherit it, they'll own it . . .
Reply:ty 4 your choice great question and well presented i might add . . .and your not alone in your thinking or observation . . . take care . . . Report It

Reply:This is not a recent phenomenon. People have been that way for ages. Why each people are mean is up to each individual, there is no one right answer.





Besides, this has been asked a million times here. Next time just see what those other answers were.
Reply:Troublesome people are people in trouble. There have always been bullies and bigots. There have always been enclaves of gentility.


Much of what you are seeing today are people turned into pressure cookers because of the difficulty of earning a living. Many don't want to work, or can't find work. Others are going without sleep to work two jobs. Or, working at a job they don't like. They are fighting with the bad choices they made in a marriage partner. Add in a snootful of drugs or alcohol and you have a powder keg. A cloud hanging over all of it is a cultural mindset that one is not responsible for their lot in life. It is always someone else who is to blame. When they are ready to explode they grab a beer and dial up Yahoo Answers and we all pay for it.
Reply:Bella, it may seem that way sometimes, but in actuality it isn't. Now obviously over in the Middle East, they've been fighting forever and for what, I don't know. I am surprised they haven't wiped themselves out yet. 15-30 people lose their lives a day over there. At least it seems that way. If more people live by my motto, "Treat people like you want to be treated" then things would be much better. In the broader scheme of things, you sometimes have to look at the little things to see the overall goodness of life.
Reply:Everybody these days are taking everything for granted. They're eating out not thinking about how fat you can get. They waste paper thinking that trees grow everyday. Not really, they're getting bulldozed all the time for new malls, resteraunts, and whatever. Everybody just doesn't know what they're doing. They'll hear about the war in Iraq and think, "Damn, I-raq-ians!! Having all of that oil and making us spend more money." They're all also ignorant, some people won't even try pronouncing a name that's easy to say. It gets to me too, but, what can you do? Really, how do you change 3 million people's ways? I think it's more.....
Reply:Because their parents failed in raising them.
Reply:Although I don't have a direct answer for your question, but just remember that the sun shines on the just and the unjust, and the rain fall upon the just and the unjust.





and


They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. [Proverbs 28:4]
Reply:With the invent of the internet now everybody with a computer or access to it has a chance to vent their pent up and suppressed feelings towards the world and don't have to pay a fortune to express it on TV. or have it edited by the newspapers editor. 
Places like this allow anyone to say anything to anyone who leave themselves open for criticism. Everyone is fair game and they usually get both barrels. SO dont ask a question if you can't handle the answer. If it offends one to read a question then you've triggered a response they have been holding back for a long time. And if you get an answer that offends you then you know what your personality is like. It's not weather or not either one of you is right or wrong. 
Think of it as the cheapest THERAPY IN THE WORLD. You get to ask a question and you get to see the results unless YAHOO suppress it too.... 

The Internet chats are just global cafeterias, people get to sit and chat and learn the thinking of millions of other humans on the planet in an relatively protected and uncensored environment. This somewhat anonymous safe zone allows a comfort and freedom unlike no other. Hooray for the internet. Now you can experience the world with out having any or much fear interacting with strangers. It will bring the humans together as one this I firmly believe, its just gonna take a while. As you can see in your question alone people are STILL offended by other humans, We first have to over come this roadblock if we intend to be viewed as one race, The HUMAN race... and not separated by countries, language, culture, or color... YES the humans sure do know how to hurt one another this much is certain, but the real trick is teaching them how to love and accept each other... SO far we haven't even scratched the surface... someday though it will win out and all will be nice. Till then dont let words get your down life is far too short for this. Live Love %26amp; Laugh, all who view this as stupid know just how far they have to go to heal.... Love to all take care and TEACH ONE ANOTHER HOW TO GET ALONG BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW HOW NOT TO.... SMILE.