Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
All societies wrestle with the scourge of prejudice, but validating that prejudice in statute makes a virtue of oppression.
In the ancient world and, above all, among the Greeks, human nature was held in high esteem.
It appears to be in the nature of religion itself to be prejudiced against those who are different.
It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while busy spawning intolerances for others.
When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice. The Bible tells us, 'How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity.'
Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
As a global society, we do not have to agree, endorse or condone the lifestyle choices of others. However, history has taught us that we equally cannot and should not excuse those who would hide behind religion or misuse God's word to justify bigotry and persecution.
It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them.
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.