What is your view of humanity?

[el_bryanto]

Interesting to consider how adding an adjective to that might change the poll results significantly.

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	Totally negative
	2 (17%)
	Generally negative
	1 (8%)
	Somewhat negative
	0 (0%)
	Neutral
	1 (8%)
	Somewhat positive
	3 (25%)
	Generally positive
	4 (33%)
	Totally positive
	0 (0%)
	It was more positive before I read this bullshit poll
	1 (8%)
	I like to vote!
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[MineralMan]

1. In general, I believe that

generalizations are worthless. Humanity does not exist as an issue to be voted on. There is no single "humanity."

Now, I have wasted enough time on this.

[el_bryanto]

3. I agree that generalizations are worthless

That said examining one's own biases is usually a good thing to do. If you genuinely don't have a generalized view of humanity - congrats. But my suspicion is that most people, including Most DUers (and certainly myself) do have a generalized view of humanity which influences how they look at policies and politics.

Bryant

[Lizzie Poppet]

10. Every single one of 'em!

Oh, wait...

[Union Scribe]

4. Thanks for taking the time

to tell us you don't have time for this.

[MineralMan]

6. Why, thanks. Actually, I did have time,

and used it to explain why I didn't vote in the poll. I have time to respond to your misunderstanding of what I wrote, too.

[Bake]

27. Shouldn't you be petting a moose at the zoo?

Bake

[MineralMan]

28. Already did that.

I do more than one thing.

[Bake]

29. Yeah, but the moose MISSES you!!

Nobody else pays him any attention! Apparently there's some stupid sign there ...



Bake

[HappyMe]

2. I have a pretty positive

view of humanity. There's always going to be some garden-variety asshat around. I try not to let those kinds get to me.


edit to add - I wish more people would post an answer about their positive or nagative view.

[onehandle]

5. Negative. Un-aware morons.

And yes, the right-wing/corporatocracy has a hand in keeping people stupid, but all it takes is a little effort to find out that they are being screwed.

Learn. Vote. Or get the fuck out.

[MineralMan]

7. And are you not a part of "humanity?"

You are. I am. And that's why polls like this make no sense.

[onehandle]

11. I chose generally negative. That would exempt most DUers including me.

I know what you mean, but if most 'mericans were paying attention, we wouldn't be in this shithole.

[MineralMan]

13. "Most 'mericans" aren't on DU. Maybe we're talking

to the wrong people?

[el_bryanto]

19. How do they make no sense?

I guess I don't really understand that; it seems like a question that I can understand. I certainly know what I meant by it, and many posters seem to have understood it as well.

[Buzz Clik]

8. Thank you for including a "snark option." Saved me some time. k&r

[Lizzie Poppet]

9. The more people I meet...

...the better I like my cat. Twain got it almost right...

[fleur-de-lisa]

14. Exactly! - n/t

[Arugula Latte]

31. Yes. I'd like to call myself a secular humanist, but, really

I'm more of a secular feline-ist.

[Javaman]

12. humanity is nothing more than a collective in a dark room looking for the light switch. nt

[Phentex]

15. Generally positive...

I tend to focus on the positive. I think deep down people are generally good.

[Marrah_G]

16. I think Humanity is very good

Human beings contain greed. Some humans have WAY to much greed in them. They are what makes humanity appear to suck. What they actually do is make being human suck for others.

[GliderGuider]

17. Neutral. We are what we are.

I like some of the things we do, I dislike others. Mostly I see us as just another instance of a complex adaptive system in a universe that's full of them, thanks to the 2nd law of thermodynamics. No blame attaches to anyone or anything.

[Shrike47]

18. I used to feel more positive before I knew as much as I do now.

30 years working in the juvenile and criminal justice system has given me a rather jaundiced view.

[sir pball]

20. Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

Humans, every single one of us, are inherently selfish, violent, greedy, impositious loathsome bastards. And we can use all that inherent darkness and negativity in quite productive and positive ways, if we use our overlying intelligence. Negative on humanity, positive on people I guess.

[sarisataka]

21. I am reserving judgement

until humans develop intelligence

[MadrasT]

22. Neutral. I don't think "humanity" has inherent value, it just is what it is. (n/t)

[NCTraveler]

24. I clicked generally posotive in the poll.

What you put here is the reality of it. The replies, and the poll, are our individual thoughts on the effect we have on our surroundings. As a whole, humanity has no inherent value with respect to what is being discussed here.

[Pelican]

23. I grade on a bell curve...

Vast majority 96% total average neutral people. Sometimes they are assholes, sometimes they are nice.

2% extremes for good and bad.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

25. Positively. Most ordinary people just go through their lives being...ordinary.

It's no more in our genes to be evil, greedy, mean spirited, murderous, than it is to be kind, gentle, generous, or saintly.

[datasuspect]

26. monkeys without fur

[Arugula Latte]

37. *

*with the exception of Robin Williams

[Odd Won Out]

30. Very Negative. Agent Smith in "The Matrix" summed it up best

"I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure."

WE are the "Damn dirty apes" that Charlton Heston spoke of. He was just projecting in the "Planet of the Apes".

What is the most disgusting exhibit at the zoo? The monkey house, because they are over 90% identical to us.

[IDemo]

32. Monkeys and humans

One engages in sh*t flinging, shrieking and chest pounding when upset. The other enjoys bananas.

[Odd Won Out]

33. I see what you did there...

Couldn't have said it better, and it made me laugh. Thanks.

[closeupready]

34. Positive on humanity, negative on many human cultures.

[Marr]

35. I think we're pretty impressive animals.

But animals nonetheless. I don't expect much more from humanity than I expect from a housecat, so I'm rarely disappointed. When we eventually go extinct, I don't think it will be any great loss for the universe.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

36. as a group we are pretty shitty, as individuals we can be spectacular

[smirkymonkey]

38. I like that. I agree with you.