Hatred towards others?

First off, sorry. I know this post is late. I didn't realize until today that I hadn't actually joined the blog yet.
It struck me as interesting how many characters in the book seem to care so little for one another. For example, on page 13 we see the two sisters going out to look at the wedding. Shortly after they begin their walk, Gudrun begins to become deeply uncomfortable with the people around her, begging her sister to let them go back because she says, "there are all those people" (12). Then on page 13, a commoner calls to Gudrun, "What price the stockings!" This highly offends Gudrun, who is described as being violent and murderous. She wanted to have all the commoners annihilated. Simply because someone commented on the price of her obviously gaudy clothes. On page 24, it is Birkin who is seen displaying general dislike of others when he says, "I myself can never see why one should take account of people, just because they happen to be in the room with one. Why should I know they are there?" He seems to be suggesting that anyone he doesn't know (and we later find out many of the people he does know) is inferior to him, not even worth his acknowledgment of their existence. I guess the point I am trying to make is that these characters seem to somehow "get away" with saying these outrages things about other people and everyone else acts as though they are completely normal.