I can't say that there are people that I hate. There are people that I dislike or avoid or irritated by, but I don't hate them, and yes, I want to erase them fro my mind...I can use it for something useful

It's definitely not good to hate others. But I could also understand why people may hate others (though a possible use of violence to resolve their issues is NEVER acceptible). For me, I still carry a chip on my shoulder over racism. Off the top of my head was back when I was a freshman in high school and I was always picked on by this bully (who happened to be white) in my English class. I finally had enough one day and asked him why he was always picking on me. When he just gave me this 'So what are you gonna do about it' look, I then asked him was it because I'm Filipino American. And he casually answered "Uh, yeah."

Though I'm still bitter about it to this day, I use it to motivate me and to show others I'm going to succeed regardless of what they may actually think of me. And though I'm angry, I actually don't blame misguided fools like this guy. I actually thank them because, sooner or later, I was going to have to come face to face with the ugliness of racism anyway. And these jerks cannot do a damned thing about my succeeding. Screw him and those in high school who saw me from such a narrow point of view simply because of my ethnicity.

Tempting, but no*. There's much to be learned from the worst of experiences, whether we like going through them or not. I've crossed paths with a lot of people who treat others poorly, are filled with hatred, are truly and purely selfish, but their memory reminds me why I shouldn't act like that.  

*edited for spelling errors.

Again, this is something I want to remember.

I don't hate much, but being a mick I hate pretty hard and deep.

I don't "hate" anyone so much as I strongly dislike a select few and for good reason...but no, I wouldn't need to erase that memory anyway, because I do not see those people enough to be reminded very often of it.

How about erasing the issues that cause the hatred instead? We all face degrees of unpleasant people in life, and somewhere along the line we have to learn how to deal with them. Erasing issues doesn't require an eternal sunshine type brainwashing. It involves (1) Recognizing and accepting the things in life you can't change (2)Changing all the things you can impact so that issues don't easily trouble you again (3)Keeping plenty active with people you like so that issue-causing people aren't the center of your life (4) Eventually moving on to a stage where you can be peaceful with others and function contentedly in the present.

Never it these people who fuel me to do better than them at things there good at to piss them off. People you dislike only make you a better person.

No, I don't want to erase people. Maybe some lists by MikeHolly, but not actual individuals.

A mind that's been erased is a mind that will never learn anything. Unpleasant or difficult people remind us how lucky we are to have good people in our lives.

I would ever dream of erasing anyone from my mind, because in the act of doing so I'd be erasing a small part of myself. We are the sum of our experiences, and I would never give any experience of mine, good or bad, away because they have helped shape the person that I am today.

Well people I hate they must have given me a reson for me to erase them from my mind.

Yes, erase them! And be quick!