Hate ( an intense or passionate dislike for someone which may or may not lead to harm or death) crimes in our country are on the rise based on data from law enforcement , the FBI and ADL. In 2021, the FBI attributed 64.5% of hate crimes related to race. ethnicity and ancestry; 15.9% sexual orientation; 14.1% religion; 3.2% gender identity and 1.4% disability .However, hate is a syndrome based on narcissism, attachment, social narcissism ,sadistic character tendencies and necrophilia. Related , is an article titled "Something More Dangerous Than Hate Speech" in the May 7 2023 of The New York Times. Disturbing information as follows: 1. Social media is now attempting to limit hate speech 2. Social media is inefficient when it comes to regulating Irrational fear-based, nonsensical and crazy hate generalities such as” A call for transgenderism to be eradicated”;”All about the left's attempt to erase biological women from modern society “; Antifa is coming to invade your town” and “your political enemies are pedophiles coming for your children ” These examples are destructive hate 3. Some platforms have hate speech rules that prohibit direct attacks against people based on who they are. Social media platforms dealing with these issues should move away from ranking based on engagement and instead for users, giving more weight to learning and what information is worth time or meaning. This essay addresses the syndrome of hate which includes narcissism, symbiotic attachment, social narcissism, sadism and necrophilia.
Neither the embryo nor the newborn have the capacity to hate another because only” I” exists within its biological and psychological design. The infant is born helpless, powerless ,insecure , narcissistic , dependent on another for survival and not “ the survival of the fittest, “ Instead , the importance for its survival is the mother and second to none . The base for developing either positive or impaired character tendencies occurs within the first five years. Specifically, with birth is the establishment of primary narcissism. According to Freud, all the psychic energy is directed toward the ego .There is no object relation to the outside world. Within development , there begins to be an increase in the scope and intensity of psychic energy directed toward others . It’s now “i” and not “i.” Within primary narcissism , Spitz's research evaluated the importance of separation of the nurturing and consistency quality of the caretaker in providing safety, security , body warmth and comfort for the young one . For example, with two weeks of maternal separation, Spitz reported the following depressive symptoms based on a developmental quotient test. The findings included a sad apprehensive appearance, expressionless eyes, glazed , a withdrawn emotionless facial expression and inactivity. Note ,inactivity is a powerful diagnostic sign associated with boredom and depression. In a subsequent study, Spitz ,referred to as " hospitalism," found high mortality rates among infants, even though there was neither abuse nor physical neglect.
Sullivan provided additional understanding during the primary narcissism stage of development. Sullivan suggested that the youngling , in requiring a positive degree and ratio of safety, security, and regularity, develops a personification or representation of a "good" mother. This is because there's been a positive amount of reinforcement that has reduced anxiety and pain with the replacement of satisfaction based on receiving the nipple , the breast, the bottle within the context of being rocked and talked to quietly while being held. If there was not a ratio of positive reinforcement , the consequences are not satisfactory based on irregularity, non-consistencies, not being held properly , mother being preoccupied , bottle being propped , and the personification of a "bad" mother .
Erickson added to the importance of feeding and nurturing during primary narcissism. Again , with a positive ratio of nurturance during the feeding and caring process, a sense of trust can be developed. When a sense of trust is developed with the mother, that sets the origins for positive future interactions , connections and unions . However, with an unsatisfactory ratio of nurturing behavior occurring, a sense of mistrust develops. With mistrust, the infant and/ or child becomes suspicious, anxious and fearful with mother interactions and later with others . In other words, subjective emotion becomes objectified with paranoid consequences. A suspicious paranoid convinces himself that others are against him .He projects and becomes susceptible to conspiracy thinking, believing all sorts of primitive , false, irrational , hateful rhetoric . He makes truth and reason the enemy. This narcissistic paranoid distorts rational judgment , thinking and believing what's good and can’t properly evaluate what's bad. He also over-values magical thinking and rationalizes his own judgment. His subjective judgment is prejudiced, biased, toxic, with hate.
With primary narcissism, there is limited capacity for objective reasoning but a propensity for the establishment of love or hate. Essentially, with primary narcissism, the outside world doesn't exist and intuitively infants are unable to distinguish between the "I" and not "I". The narcissistic reality or psychic energy is directed toward itself , its body and the physical sensations of cold, warmth, thirst, the need for sleep and bodily contact. Within this crucial life giving dynamism , the feeding process is crucial. It's most important psychologically and biologically for that newborn to have close bodily contact during breast-feeding with rocking, cuddling, providing warmth and love compared to negative excitement or regressive acquiescence. In other words , primary narcissism, depression and paranoia significantly affect future interpersonal relationships with mistrust and hate.
Also within primary narcissism, there is another significant development that takes place in the psychological mind of that newborn and/ or child . As a result of the insecurity, powerlessness and stress from birth, the newborn seeks that mother's attachment for safety, security, regularity, and dependability. Thus, the mother can initially fulfill and provide these necessities for growth. Once again, the responsibility for being fed, being held, and protected with security falls on the mother. As a consequence, different degrees of psychic energy become directed toward the mother, which ,when inappropriate , can result in a symbiotic attachment. Mother’s reinforce symbiotic attachment with their seduction, favoritism, overprotection and by spoiling . .
This symbiotic attachment can be the first personification of a powerful mother which is essentially the consequence of the desire for protection and satisfies the narcissistic craving for safety, unconditional love, and security. Over time , the attachment can be directed toward another female as an aunt , grandmother or some other that can provide safety and counter the terror of separation. Later, that attachment , results in an unconscious wish for a powerful protector ,guarantee of certainty and security that can be fulfilled by the clan, native born or hate group . When the size of that group increases, the protector can be of race , nation ( January 6 rioters yelling "1776" ), religion, political party or Authoritarian leader . They become the mother guarantors of protectors and love.
A severe attachment to mother also results in total submission and /or fear of mother and then of women . Further, with severe narcissistic attachment , she becomes symbolically an idol which can never be wrong. That idol can eventually become a nation ,race, hate group or political party thus resulting in impairment in executive functioning with distortions of reason, judgment and believing lies ,fears and hating others . Also, with narcissistic, symbiotic attachment, there exists the inability to separate or individuate and take responsibility for self. For instance , a number of these acting out murders were found living at home with mother, parents or grandmother. In one case, the shooter was driven by mother to another state to kill; in another , the parents provided shooter with a gun and were aware that the gun was in his possession and taken to school; in another, the shooter, living with his parents ,drove to another part of the state to commit murder; in two other cases, the shooter resided in the home of the grandmother.
With malignant narcissism and symbiotic attachment , the individual requires affiliation and a narcissistic attachment to some group within his sphere of interest- called social narcissism. The particular group or groups becomes important for individuals in meeting their affiliation needs with a sense of belonging. The objects of a narcissistic attachment can be a hate group, religion, race , clan , political party, beliefs, political figure etc. When there's malignant narcissistic social attachment, the result is a distortion of rational judgment , objectivity, biases , hate,and truth in one's thinking. His group is the most valuable, godlike ,invincible , powerful , righteous etc. it's obvious that executive functioning and objective value judgments are nowhere to be found . Instead is the occurrence of prejudiced, biased, hateful beliefs and actions . It's easy to rationalize the prejudice of hate. The individual is convinced that he has no bias except that he obeys and faithfully follows . Moreover, when his group or tribe is criticized , his projection becomes hateful with anger and hostility. Underneath these inadequate persons are deep seated feelings of anxiety , being impotent, alone ,frightened , fearful and conflicted. It’s not surprising that with frustration and criticism, there's a hostile reaction directed toward self and /or others.
Briefly, hate , which is fear, is aroused against an individual, another group, based on some irrational idea related to religion, color of skin, political belief, etc. Hate can be expressed anonymously , passively on social media, TV with words or it can be expressed aggressively with hostility or death. Hate is sadistic.
Sadism can be related to character structure, repression, dormant tendencies, and/ or negative passions like power, money, frame, control, submission, hate, destruction, narcissism, greed, ambition or even envy. Sadism and hate are powerful motivators. They are an overcompensation for feelings of powerlessness, fear, isolation, and the superficialities within their life space .
When sadism becomes associated with spontaneous cruelty it can be transitory, However, sadistic character tendencies are a desire to inflict pain on an animal or person with malevolence. Also , there’s a desire to destroy , being able to control and humiliate another, especially those that are unable to defend themselves or their property. The impotent sadist projects power with all his weapons and military accessories. However, the sadist’s “power” is really an illusion . They murder the powerless in schools, churches, malls. etc They are impotent psychological cripples. Furthermore, the sadist admires and is submissive to those with power . He despises and wants to and does control those who are powerless , helpless and cannot fight back. He's afraid of the unknown, the unpredictable. He is afraid of life. He “loves” only what he controls and has power over. He is submissive and impotent. He can kill but remains isolated and frightened with a need of a higher power . He submits and is a masochist. This malignant sadist actually has no convictions, only slogans and ideologies that he gets from social media. He’s invisible, with little if any social bonds and actually little interest in life. He's a necrophiliac ,literally, as his tendency , trend and hate is directed against life or love of the dead.
It's not surprising that these violent killings also result in suicide. Their 15 minutes of fame is about destruction and death. It begins with an intense activation of energy or excitement and ends with fear , inactivity and death . For instance, the buffalo murderer was a despicable sadistic teen prior .He researched the geographical area of nearby towns, neighborhoods that had the highest concentration of black residents. Once he settled on the market, he made reconnaissance missions drawing maps of the store's interior and keeping tallies of how many black people were shopping at a given time in order to murder as many as possible. Then ,this cold-blooded killer with his vicious killing weapon in his possession , had the capacity, force and power to transform his victims into corpses. He now had the force, the means to destroy as well as to be in complete control. He rationalized the mission and was willing to die for white nationalist "justice. " The victims were random and not personally known. The hate of these groups are the negation of life and the wish for death . It’s about necrophilia. For a more complete in depth analysis, consult Erich Fromm’s
“The Heart of Man Its Genius for Good and Evil. “
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