Once when I was very young, about 4 or 5, I commented that I hated vanilla ice cream. I then proceeded to get a long drawn out lecture from my father on why I was not allowed to hate anything or anyone as the feeling of hate was something when we wish for the complete elimination of that thing or person. In other words murder or destruction.
Today hate is used to simply express disapproval. Or maybe it has been wrongly confused with intense dislike or disapproval.
Should we keep using "hate" so liberally.
2007-12-22 02:43:36 · 4 answers · asked by HAND 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, the politicians and the politically correct have blown the word out of proportion thus eroding the sense of its true meaning; need we only look to terms such as hate speech or a hate "crime"; I've always thought that all crime is pretty much a hate crime, you don't commit a crime against someone if you love them. In time, the effect of the word departs from its true meaning and message.
2007-12-22 04:18:51 · answer #1 · answered by NJ Gold 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hate is a strong word.......
Words are energy manifested into the present.
Don't you still hate vanilla ice cream?
careful what you speak!
2007-12-22 02:48:50 · answer #2 · answered by Gyspy Soul 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's similar to the diminishing of the word "love."
2007-12-22 02:46:54 · answer #3 · answered by Trina™ 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is used far too often.
I don't believe we have the right to hate anyONE, only ideas, actions, thoughts, etc.
2007-12-22 15:22:52 · answer #4 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋