Quote Originally Posted by Kathianne View Post
I find haters, left or right, despicable. I can deal nicely on the surface if they control their hate, but when the line is crossed, they are the same. Haters.
You see reason to equivocate between Left and Right when it comes to haters.

I think that's misguided. It comes down to the nature of it, which the difference between Left and Right helps to define.

A Left winger can hate a Capitalist society, and wants to see it torn down. His agenda is one full of destructive hate.

A Right winger will want to defend against that agenda. S/he is thoroughly entitled to hate it. S/he is fuelled by a desire to see the agenda neutralised.

One is aggressive and destructive. The other is defensive, honour and decency-driven.

It isn't reasonable to equate the two in such a way that you think they have EQUAL merit (or lack thereof).