What Do You Hate?

Instead of HATE, I like to say "That chaps my hide!!" :) Besides obvious things like sexual abuse, child abuse, animal abuse and bullies for sure. I hate labels and generalizations of people. I think we are all individuals and very precious and deserve to be treated that way. (Except for a few a**-H***s I don't like. :)
 
I hate that youth is wasted on the young. By the time we get old and wise enough to know what we're doing our body turns against us. Some mornings I feel like the Tin Man..." Oiiil can"
 
SifuPhil said:
Indeed it is.

That's why I made this thread - to see strong reactions.

Just as with "love", "hate" can be a useful word or a destructive one.
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Yet that would leave one to believe that hate is the opposite of love.. It's not...Indifference is. Hate is just another strong emotion as is love and it's possible to both love and hate someone or something... You simply cannot love or hate something if you are indifferent to it.
 
QuickSilver said:
Yet that would leave one to believe that hate is the opposite of love.. It's not...Indifference is. Hate is just another strong emotion as is love and it's possible to both love and hate someone or something... You simply cannot love or hate something if you are indifferent to it.
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In the dozen or so arguments between couples I've been present at, I've never heard one party say to the other:

"You jerk! I am SO indifferent to you!"

No - it has always been either "hate", or "love".

Indifference cannot be the opposite of "love" simply because its definition includes "non-feeling". You neither love nor hate the person.

As for your bolded statement - exactly. Which removes us from the original idea of love and hate. Therefore it doesn't solve the problem.
 
Something I hate kinda sorta in a way is technology. I mean of course it's incredible how far it's come and continues to go. But anyone who has filled out electronic applications for anything knows how frustrating it can be. Back in the day an application was on paper and if you wanted to add side notes or explanations you could. Now it's all formatted and sometimes there are glitches. You sit there fiddling on the site and asking the screen out loud " What do you want from me???!!!".
 
I hate cruelty towards anyone or anything. I hate greed,corruption, political or otherwise, and indifference toward those who need our help through no fault of their own. I Hate priviledge and all the self righteous bs that follows. Sexism, racism, classism, homophobia, fanaticism for and against any and all religions, and the pervasive indifference that Permits so many of today's woes. I hate war!!!!
 
SifuPhil said:
In the dozen or so arguments between couples I've been present at, I've never heard one party say to the other:

"You jerk! I am SO indifferent to you!"

No - it has always been either "hate", or "love".


Indifference cannot be the opposite of "love" simply because its definition includes "non-feeling". You neither love nor hate the person.

As for your bolded statement - exactly. Which removes us from the original idea of love and hate. Therefore it doesn't solve the problem.
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I respectfully disagree... Being indifferent to someone or something is being without either love or hate.. It is devoid of those two strong emotions. As I said.. it is possible to love something and hate something at the same time.. which would not imply they are opposite.. However you simply cannot love or hate something while being indifferent to it. Being indifferent means that person or thing no longer has any power over you or your emotions. To me.. that is the opposite of feeling love.. or hate..
 
SifuPhil said:
Bleh.

Hate can be healthy - a purgative. Channeled properly it can be used for good.
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Yes! I was talking to an aunt about how my anger and hate for certain family members were tje main reason behind certain personal achievements.


Now,you didn't tell me the prize of the secret word :( do you. Need
A cigar?
 
QuickSilver said:
I respectfully disagree... Being indifferent to someone or something is being without either love or hate.. It is devoid of those two strong emotions. As I said.. it is possible to love something and hate something at the same time.. which would not imply they are opposite.. However you simply cannot love or hate something while being indifferent to it. Being indifferent means that person or thing no longer has any power over you or your emotions. To me.. that is the opposite of feeling love.. or hate..
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With all due respect ... (you always know you're going to get reamed when someone says that, right? ;))

You're inserting something - indifference - into the middle of love and hate. That isn't helping to define what the opposites of love or hate are.

You're talking real-world application - I'm talking theory.

Also, I do not believe that it is possible to both love and hate something at the same time. Yeah, hate the sin and love the sinner. No, it isn't that simple. As a Taoist, I prescribe to the notion that you cannot have total Yin or total Yang by themselves - they MUST contain a little of the other.

As an amateur fan of the human mind, I don't believe (I could be wrong) it is possible for the brain to hold both love and hate simultaneously for something. There is the possibility of the two emotions vibrating back and forth - once moment you hate and the next you love - but simultaneously? No. That would be like eating and NOT eating at the same time, and unless you're into Zen koans that isn't possible either.


If you're talking emotional content ... yes, the opposite of love would be indifference, because one contains emotions, the other does not. But then, the opposite of hate would ALSO be indifference, because it still has no emotion.

By the same token, I could say that the opposite of "thrill" is indifference. The opposite of "sorrow" is indifference. The opposite of "happy" is indifference.

Indifference is the neutron of the emotional world - it has no charge, and it stands alone - it is the absence of everything. Therefore it cannot be "opposite" anything - it can only be in the middle between two things.
 
vickyNightowl said:
Yes! I was talking to an aunt about how my anger and hate for certain family members were tje main reason behind certain personal achievements.


Now,you didn't tell me the prize of the secret word :( do you. Need
A cigar?
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*in Groucho voice*

I most soitenly do!

By the way, I could dance with you 'till the cows came home.

On second thought I'd rather dance with the cows 'till you came home.


:eek:
 
Hate: 1 having to learn to use any new electronic device conjured up by someone who belongs in the crazy house.

2 political correctness.
 
I hate that life is so short and that the end of it can be so undignified.

I hate too hot days and bland food.

I hate that people pass up an opportunity to help someone down the block or in their own family but will take up any cause that doesn't involve them actually doing anything besides talking or attending a meeting.

I hate losing what I love..people and animals.

I hate bullying and gang mentality.
 

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