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Thank you. The obvious would have never occurred to me.
That's because you're a n00b.
Thank you. The obvious would have never occurred to me.
INFPs are thought of as one of the least hateful types. So I wonder, what does it take to make an INFP hate or have contempt for someone?
INFPs are thought of as one of the least hateful types. So I wonder, what does it take to make an INFP hate or have contempt for someone?
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Ruin something sacred to us.
INFPs are fully capable of hating themselves.
I'm sure they don't appreciate that either.
Hate can be beautiful, and very useful. And silly.
I hate evilness, and I think it is necessary to do so if you want to also love what is good. It's not an active feeling directed towards any individual (as mentioned - too much energy), but a general feeling towards what I recognize as sheer wickedness.
I feel like people can always change for the better, and I always maintain a hope for individuals. However, I may still hate what they do. When I do hate an individual, it doesn't last. It usually settles into a resentment and a general ill feeling at the thought of them, and then that dissipates further to indifference.
I don't know any confirmed INFP's, but two stereotypes are the "emo I hate the world" and the "cute fluffy I love the world and cannot hate anything"- the stereotype this thread is based on. I find it funny how these two stereotypes coexist given they are polar opposites.
Resume discussion.
In contrast, sustained hatred for individuals is more difficult for INFPs (though clearly not impossible). It's much easier for an INFP to withdraw and ignore, rather than continuing to focus on someone who has done us wrong. Fi tends to empathize unless a core value has been crossed. Our typical principles include not hurting others and respecting the values of others. So being actively hateful to an individual is usually in conflict with those values and leads to cognitive dissonance. I think we can willfully nurse a little anger towards someone to block involuntary empathizing with someone who has done us wrong.
I think INFPs tend to hate systems, but have a hard time not empathizing and seeing the view point of most people. So it's relatively easy for INFPs to hate systems ("corporate farming," "the military," "the government," "politics"), especially since those tend to represent a Te-based orientation that tends not to take the individuals or Fi values into account.
On evilness... is there an INFP that DOESN'T love Boondock Saints (the original)???
"Of course we must fear evil men, but there is another evil that we must fear more… and that is the indifference of good men"
I boot apathy in the crotch!
I actually have no idea what "Boondock Saints" is...?
I don't know any confirmed INFP's, but two stereotypes are the "emo I hate the world" and the "cute fluffy I love the world and cannot hate anything"- the stereotype this thread is based on. I find it funny how these two stereotypes coexist given they are polar opposites.
Resume discussion.