@wolfwoman One of my favorite quotes from Orwell, but I'd like to ask him, aren't those the same thing?
If you truly understand someone can you hate them?
Yes, sadly.
@AskTheDevil @NiveusLepus @wolfwoman A loved one who has made extremely destructive decisions.
@poemblaze @AskTheDevil @NiveusLepus My little brother committed suicide when he was 38 and that is the single worst thing in my life. I was beyond furious and cussed him out for months. But hate? No.
My MAGA family members? No. I cut some of them from my life but no hate.
@wolfwoman @poemblaze @AskTheDevil @NiveusLepus
Hate does not exist in my life either. Nothing is more destructive to inner peace.
@LnzyHou @wolfwoman @poemblaze @NiveusLepus
Good. For me, it's like having dyspepsia of the heart.
@AskTheDevil @LnzyHou @wolfwoman @poemblaze @NiveusLepus
Holy smokes this was a deep thread. Thank you all.
I'd like to add that the opposite of love is not hate; the opposite of love is apathy.
The opposite of hate, however, is love.
@danalan @LnzyHou @wolfwoman @poemblaze @NiveusLepus
I don't really think most emotions have opposites at all.
I think you have less love to more love.
Less hate to more hate.
Less apathy or more apathy.
Less sad or more sad.
Happy is not the opposite of sad. You can be both.
@danalan @AskTheDevil @wolfwoman @poemblaze @NiveusLepus
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