There is a whole lot of hate out there. All sorts of posts on all sorts of platforms, interviews and just people with something to say, full of hate. One might ask, “What about you, Bob? Aren’t you just someone with something to say?” I guess so, but I don’t hate. I don’t like, but I don’t hate. 

The difference is more than just degree. If I don’t like someone or something, I can say why. It might be as simple and inexplicable as “he/she/it rubs me the wrong way”. If I hate something or somebody, I can say why, but I am likely to be more animated, more verbose. I may be moved to do harm. Not........

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