It is natural for us to sympathize with people who resemble us when we observe a conflict. When watching a family argument, men tend to sympathize with the man and women with the woman (unless one of the parties behaves so appallingly that this natural sympathy is overridden). Young people generally tend to sympathize with other young people, the elderly with the elderly, Muslims with Muslims, Hindus with Hindus, and so on.
The only exception is white liberals. They dislike white people. And radical white liberals dislike them intensely. This is not merely a political impression. It is supported by solid psychological research.
You might expect them to make distinctions and reserve their hatred for white conservatives. Not at all! They dislike white people in general, and the reaction appears to be emotional and instinctive. If a white person is particularly active in promoting political correctness, perhaps he can earn some degree of absolution. But even then, he remains white. Something inherently worse than everyone else.
One could understand this attitude if it meant that, when white people commit injustices, liberals regard those responsible as criminals. But the research suggests that the phenomenon goes much further. Being white is bad even when no injustice has occurred. The reaction is emotional, intuitive, deeply ingrained in the mind. And the worst white person of all is, naturally, a Jew.
This sentiment is found only among white liberals. Black liberals have nothing against white people. Neither do Hispanic liberals.
Yet the phenomenon is not confined to liberals. In recent months, I have been genuinely shocked by how many of my friends display hostility toward people outside Europe who adopt our way of life in their personal habits and clothing. The very way of life that suits us so perfectly. Once again, this runs directly counter to the basic principle of sympathizing with those who resemble us.
We do not really understand where this attitude came from, but it has no parallel anywhere else. The Japanese have committed all sorts of deeds throughout history, yet you will not find Japanese people who hate the Japanese as an ethnic group. We know how various African tribes and ethnic groups treat one another, yet we do not encounter this kind of self-hatred. And as for Muslims, there is hardly any need to elaborate.
Only white liberals and the white “alternative” exhibit this pattern. In fact, a triad of civilizational decline is beginning to emerge: ignorance, pessimism, and self-hatred.