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“Hate On”

Posted by dbhalling 10 years, 2 months ago to Culture
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This phrase, “hate on”, is becoming quite popular and I am convinced it is some sort ploy like the phrase “give back.” Hate is an emotional reaction, so you can hate something but it is meaningless to say you hate on something. I think it is an attempt to divorce the emotion from the person. K thinks is an attempt to turn into some sort force, which automatically creates victims. I think it is a way of pushing moral relativism. The idea is that hating is bad no matter what the object of that hate. What do you think?

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  • Posted by johnpe1 10 years, 2 months ago
    dogwhistle for people damning hate speech or
    hate crimes? -- j

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  • Posted by $ jdg 10 years, 2 months ago
    "The idea is that hating is bad no matter what the object of that hate." That's what lefties say, but like their supposed tolerance, you will find they are hypocrites. Argue with THEIR hate for some person or thing and they will shout you down.

    I'll stop hating when there stop being people who want to rob me of my liberty.
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  • Posted by $ jlc 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You are a young pup, frolicking through the Spring flowers of life!

    Jan, taking your youth on faith
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  • Posted by kevinw 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    To overuse the word is to trivialize it. Then it has less potency when you use it for its actual meaning. It causes misunderstandings in conversations as nobody can be sure what someone truly means. Many words are getting that way.

    I actually use the word hate less than I used to. Objectivism has given me a better respect for definitions. Old habits can still be hard to break, though. And I'm still in denial about my age. :)
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Thank you. :) I've watched and enjoyed it... just seems like the mortar board icon should have a link.
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Exactly... playing nice with evil gets you what that kind of polite behavior deserves. A is A.
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  • Posted by dbhalling 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes, I am. It is immoral to be tolerant of certain things/people such as Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Obama, communism, environmentalism.
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  • Posted by $ jlc 10 years, 2 months ago
    I am in no sense an expert on current cant, but I will observe that my mother and one of her sisters, as they grew older, began using the word "hate" a lot - even trivially. They no longer disliked or disagreed with something, they "hated" it.

    I have wondered if anyone else has noticed this tendency in people as they age.

    I think that if you use the word "hate" for more than a couple of classes of actions, you are probably overusing it.

    Jan
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  • Posted by $ TomB666 10 years, 2 months ago
    I see another possible meaning of 'hate on' - to continue hating (in general) as opposed to something specific. In the sense of 'go on' or 'move on.' No particular direction given, just keep on doing it. Does this make sense to anyone?
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  • Posted by waytodude 10 years, 2 months ago
    I used to say I hate a lot. To hate is very strong and doesn't solve the problem. Even though it's very hard and I Do have to catch myself at times. For me I rather say I dislike to give myself a chance to correct my displeasure or to learn more in an epistemological sense. That is not to say after careful study I can then say yeah I hate.
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  • Posted by xthinker88 10 years, 2 months ago
    We need a gordon gekko of hate.

    ...ladies and gentleman, that hate, for lack of a better word, is good. Hate is right, hate works. Hate clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Deserved hate, in all of its forms; hate for death, hate for poverty and lack, for sickness, for evil and evil doers, for government and especially corrupt government, for ignorance and incompetence and irrationality, in fact, hate for all things, concepts, and people deserving of hate, is good.
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Are you hating on moral relativism? (If you are then I agree... I'm an avid hater... admitting hatred is a virtue. It shows an ability to judge. It's important.)
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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 10 years, 2 months ago
    I guess if liberals can not legislate morality with Hate Crime Laws, then this social, peer pressure experiment is the next best thing.
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    it was recently used with db, in this sense. He was critical of a video recommended by a friend and in giving his critique of the video (which he thought was anti-reason), the friend replied: "c'mon. Quit hating on it so much." Then db decided to go down the rabbit hole of the origination for the term. Interestingly, this term is used frequently on Fox News: O'Reilly, Andrea Tantaro, Ann Coulter-to name a few.,
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  • Posted by dbhalling 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If you click on it, it takes you to a list explaining the icons. Mine is because I have given a talk at Atlas Summit.
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  • Posted by dbhalling 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes according to the Urban dictionary it is a poor way of saying someone is jealous, but it does not seem to always be used that way.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 2 months ago
    It's just the modern way to be jealous of someone who has something you don't. I guess the person you say it to is supposed to feel guilty. If they do then I hate on them for it.
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