Group hatred targets what a person is, not what they do.

Evidence

If hatred for someone is directed not only against him personally but also against others of a group to which he is seen to belong, then it is no longer individual; it is group hatred. In individual hatred, he is hated because of what he does or has done or is believed to have done. In group hatred, these may be present but are not required, since essentially he is hated not for what he does but for what he is. A single example may suffice. When the prime minister of Malaysia denounces Mr. George Soros as responsible for the economic troubles of his country, he is making an individual accusation, however implausible. When he levels the same charge against “the Jews,” he is appealing to a group hatred, long familiar in Christian Europe, and in modern times transplanted to the world of Islam. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1011

If hatred for someone is directed not only against him personally but also against others of a group to which he is seen to belong, then it is no longer individual; it is group hatred. In individual hatred, he is hated because of what he does or has done or is believed to have done. In group hatred, these may be present but are not required, since essentially he is hated not for what he does but for what he is. … When he levels the same charge against “the Jews,” he is appealing to a group hatred, long familiar in Christian Europe, and in modern times transplanted to the world of Islam. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1011

Categorization

• DEFINE: The defining criterion: group hatred needs no act — being suffices.
• XREF: The Soros-vs-‘the Jews’ contrast closely parallels discussions of shifting blame from individuals onto collectives that underpin scapegoating dynamics in sacrificial-society literature. — connects to: Anti-fans justify their hatred as moral objection to unearned attention — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 390; Attempting to quit extremism can itself escalate a person into a worse group — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 366; Encountering hated groups treating one normally dismantles extremists’ stereotypes. — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 418
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1011