hate begets hate theme
The committing of hateful acts cause others to do the same, leading to a vicious self-reinforcing cycle. The same goes for violence.
Examples
Areel Shaw argued that it was basic human nature to hate a person who hates you in tos1x14 "Court Martial".
12 total · 5 choice · 5 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| bbf1x01 | choice | The Centauri and the Narn were mired in a bitter intergenerational conflict. |
| ds91x13 | choice | prisoners' lesson |
| novel: The Buried Giant (2015) | choice | Saxons and Britons in vendetta |
| play: Titus Andronicus (1594) | choice | the plot was an ever-escalating cycle of hate between Titus and Tamora |
| voy6x07 | choice | the conquering Vaadwaur race were themselves conquered |
| movie: The Battle of Algiers (1966) | major | we saw how acts of violence were answered by further violence in an escalating spiral of hate |
| tz1959e4x04 | major | Peter explained his troubled youth while explaining his ideology. An officer dropped the flag in front of Peter's feet, later Peter imitated that action with money in front of land lord's outstretched hands. Ernest explained Peter with reference to Peter's troubled youth. |
| voy4x04 | major | Vori and Krahin in cycle of violence |
| voy4x10 | major | B'Elanna violent thoughts inspired others to do in violence |
| voy6x22 | major | the patron may have learned this life lesson from Kelis's play |