Is this Bias and Hate?

 You are riding on a bus and you see someone, young and pretty, a true head turner walk up angrily toward someone on her cellphone. She gets in her face, " You are nothing!!!! You're fat, stupid and ugly - A Total  Nottie"! If you witnessed that, You'd likely think, " Wow, This is pretty low and classless!"

Now, Suppose this young woman was noticed by the woman on the phone the moment she entered the bus! the women on the phone says, " You should see the chick who just got on the bus. She couldn't wear ant less and show anymore! We all know why the guys want to be around her!" Now imagine the young women confronting the woman on the cell phone, Has your perspective on this event now changed? Do you have a changed opinion of the young woman's comments concerning the woman talking on her cellphone?

 On another bus, Four young men are riding in the back. These four young men are Hispanics. They are speaking extremely loudly. A well- dressed man maybe 10 years older than they are gets in their faces, " I guess where ever you came from sends their garbage to America.You want to be all loud and intimidating. Are you here legally, any of you! Sit here and keep your ignorant mouths closed!"

 You might think , " What a nasty trouble maker. Sounds like he is just a pure hater. I hope he gets the butt-kicking that he's asking for!" However, The 4 Young men had been saying, " I hate gays, What kind of a country let's people like them behave like they do!" or had kept stating that everything and everyone they didn't have a good opinion for is just "so gay!"

  The somewhat older person simply got tired of listening to it. He , himself, is gay and in his opinion is inclined to challenge anyone who feels free to say obnoxious and hateful things about gays! Does that change your opinion of this man being a "pure hater"?

When we view people as simply categories, Such situations can be very confusing and dreadfully complex !  When we look at people as people and view situations within their fuller contexts, We are likely to come to
different conclusions!