Hate DOES mean different things to different people, and not everything is like that.
Most things are easily defineable, but when you go to the extremes like love and hate, you cannot say that there is one definition for it and one reason for it. Why do you love someone? Because they're nice to you, because they're good people? Those answers are too limiting because they don't explain why you'd love one nice, good person but not another. Similarly, being jealous of someone doesn't necesesarily mean that you'll hate them; it simply depends on the type of person you are.
I don't really get jealous too often, I really find it pointless. Therefore, that definition does not apply to me.
No one has betrayed me (to the point where I hold it against them to this day anyway), so that part, while it may apply to me in the future, does not apply to me right now. But I do agree that it is often the cause of hatred.
Some people believe that you have to have loved someone at one point in time in order to truly develop a hatred for them. I personally don't agree with that either, though I don't discredit it entirely. I could never hate anyone that I love, because I'd know why I loved the person in the first place.
I think hatred can be coupled or associated with any strong emotion, be it love, anger, or anything in between.
quote: i just think hate is a strong word that is thrown around too freely and people say it without realizing the meaning of hate..i dont think i hate anybody, theres people i dont like and who get on my nerves and stuff .. but i dont ever tell people i hate em, i used to when i was little, cuz i didnt udnerstand..shows whoever uses it now for stupid reasons like "i hate you because youre stupid" which i DO think is an inappropriate reason to hate someone, is pretty immature...
To YOU it might not be an appropriate reason, but that doesn't make it wrong to everyone. Like I said, it depends on your values.
If you don't believe you hate anyone, fine. I can understand thinking that hatred in general is immature, but I don't think you can say that any specific reason for hatred is wrong (well, other than race, gender, etc), because that's telling someone what they should value.
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