Hate Man

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| birth_name = Mark Hawthorne

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|09|26}}

| birth_place = Washington, D.C. (or Maryland)

| death_date = {{Death date and given age|2017|04|02|80}}{{cite news |last1 = Fagan |first1 = Kevin |title = Berkeley's homeless Hate Man dies at 80 |url = http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Berkeley-s-homeless-Hate-Man-dies-at-80-11046860.php |access-date = April 3, 2017 |newspaper = San Francisco Chronicle |date = April 3, 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170403214254/http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Berkeley-s-homeless-Hate-Man-dies-at-80-11046860.php |archive-date = April 3, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}

| death_place = Kyakameena Care Center, Berkeley, California

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| nationality = American

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| occupation = Philosopher, reporter

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| employer = Peace Corps, US Air Force, The New York Times

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The Hate Man (born Mark Hawthorne, September 26, 1936{{snd}}April 2, 2017) was an American philosopher, activist, and former reporter for The New York Times. His beliefs centered on people being honest about their negative feelings.{{cite news |url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/10/BA831COQP3.DTL |title = Homeless ex-reporter opted for Berkeley streets |last = Fagan |first = Kevin |date = April 11, 2010 |work = San Francisco Chronicle |pages = C–3 |access-date = April 11, 2010 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100414103635/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2010%2F04%2F10%2FBA831COQP3.DTL |archive-date = April 14, 2010 |df = mdy-all }}{{cite news |url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB717C6E0AC2953&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title = Telegraph Avenue, a world apart. Berkeley street dirtier yet keeps a bit of old aura |date = February 3, 1991 |work = San Jose Mercury News |access-date = April 15, 2010 }}{{cite news|last1=Wen|first1=Melissa|title=Beloved Berkeley 'Hate Man' dies at 80 {{!}} The Daily Californian|url=http://www.dailycal.org/2017/04/03/beloved-berkeley-hate-man-dies-80/|access-date=November 13, 2017|work=The Daily Californian|date=April 3, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709092106/http://www.dailycal.org/2017/04/03/beloved-berkeley-hate-man-dies-80/|archive-date=July 9, 2017|df=mdy-all}}

He was locally famous in Berkeley, California, where he lived since 1973. In the late 1970s he was a regular presence in upper Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley campus, and often gave speeches in Ludwig's Fountain. In addition to being known as "Hate Man", he was also called "Berkeley Baby".{{Cite web |last = Mohit |first = A |title = Strange Tale of a Former New York Times Reporter |publisher = Technorati |date = April 11, 2010 |url = http://technorati.com/lifestyle/article/strange-tale-of-a-former-new/ |access-date = April 11, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100412094309/http://technorati.com/lifestyle/article/strange-tale-of-a-former-new/ |archive-date = April 12, 2010 }}{{cite news |author = Dan Rather & Harry Smith |title = Mark Hawthorne, The Hate Man |publisher = CBS Evening News |date = February 28, 1997 |url = http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9048597399&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T9048598402&cisb=22_T9048598401&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=166768&docNo=1 |access-date = April 11, 2010 }}

Career

Hawthorne was born in Maryland, raised in Stamford, Connecticut and graduated from Stamford High School in 1954 and from the University of Connecticut in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. While at UCONN he was Managing Editor of The Daily Campus, the University newspaper. Hawthorne was also a member of ROTC and received his commission in the United States Air Force upon graduation, subsequently serving at a Strategic Air Command base in Morocco. He also served as a Peace Corps volunteer.{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/20/magazine/about-men-notes-from-underground.html |title = About Men; Notes From Underground |last = Kaufman |first = Michael T. |date = January 20, 1991 |work = The New York Times |access-date = April 11, 2010 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100415184321/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/20/magazine/about-men-notes-from-underground.html |archive-date = April 15, 2010 |df = mdy-all }} He started at The New York Times as a copy boy and worked as a reporter in the Metro section from 1961 to 1970 before he quit his job, divorced his wife, and "started being downward mobile".

Philosophy

Hawthorne created a philosophy he called oppositionality, which is centered on treating people kindly even though one is in a bad mood. The reason he greeted people with, "I hate you," he explained, is because saying "I love you" is too often used as a form of manipulation. He created his own following. The group has a practice, initiated by Hawthorne, of pushing one another for what they want. Hawthorne indicated that this is about feeling out the other person's energy and communicating something to the other person about "where they are coming from". The idea is to avoid negative conflict by bringing such differences out in the open, rather than creating situations where people rob or con one another for what they want.{{Cite news |last = Mourra |first = Sarah |title = 'Let's Push for It' |newspaper = The Daily Californian |date = November 4, 2002 |url = http://archive.dailycal.org/article/10070/_let_s_push_for_it_ |access-date = April 11, 2010 }} For a couple of years, he initiated a nightly "hate camp" drum circle at Sproul Plaza, where local people released their animosity. "Hate camp" was known as the camp that formed around him. Camping there made you a "hate camper", with a "true hate camper" being someone who believed in the camp and took an active role in helping the community it created.{{cite news |url = http://archive.dailycal.org/article/10055/animosity_is_an_amorous_enterprise_for_hate_camper |title = Animosity is An Amorous Enterprise for Hate Campers |last = Mourra |first = Sarah |date = November 4, 2002 |work = The Daily Californian |access-date = April 11, 2010 }}

A documentary about his life and philosophy entitled The Hate Man, Street Philosopher was released in August 2017.{{cite news |last1 = Palmer |first1 = Claralyse |title = 'Hate Man' documentary warns against the dangers of group aggression |url = http://www.dailycal.org/2017/08/31/hate-vs-hate-hate-man-documentary-warns-dangers-group-aggression/ |access-date = November 13, 2017 |work = The Daily Californian |date = August 31, 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027211624/http://www.dailycal.org/2017/08/31/hate-vs-hate-hate-man-documentary-warns-dangers-group-aggression/ |archive-date = October 27, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}

Personal life

Hawthorne was married, but later divorced. He was homeless by choice.{{cite web |last = Tyska |first = Jane |title = Mark Hawthorne — aka Hate — has made People's Park his home forever |url = http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_19633923 |work = San Jose Mercury News |access-date = October 5, 2013 |date = July 1, 2012 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131007063858/http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_19633923 |archive-date = October 7, 2013 |df = mdy-all }} He died on April 2, 2017, at the age of 80. He also had two daughters.