Can you hate someone you never met in real life?

[Celista]

In saying that, I have never met Chevy Chase, but I dont like him, he sucks in every single one of his movies, I am sure he is a nice guy, but i dont like him

Whoa, who doesn't like Chevy Chase? Come on! That scene w/the lamb fries in Funny Farm?! (Yeah, I have really terrible taste in movies.)

On topic...I don't "hate" people I've never met, but I do strongly dislike some people based on their actions.

[Masark]

Almost to page 4 and noone has mentioned Justin Bieber yet?

Produces music I put quotation marks around, but you can't really hate him. Fame can be a really destructive drug. The way he's been going lately, I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes the next member of the 27 club.

[RaenavenBlacksun]

I've hated plenty of people without meeting them face to face. They all gave me reason, though. If I met them in person? I'd have a rap sheet by the end of the day.

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Produces music I put quotation marks around, but you can't really hate him. Fame can be a really destructive drug. The way he's been going lately, I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes the next member of the 27 club.

This cannot happen soon enough (and we have too many years to wait). Of course, I wouldn't want him shaming the decent members.

[Anyael]

Oh come on. Assuming he actually existed, he had some good ideas. It's not his fault people ignore his good ideas in favor of his (or his followers') bad ones, misinterpret what he said, or simply put words in his mouth.

I compare this to Islam, though. I know it sounds backwards but although muslims say they follow the guidelines set down in the Quran, they really just listen to what Mohammed said afterwards in the Sunnah. This is the majority of Shariah law.

[RicardoZ]

I don't think that the hate emotion requires physical interaction in order to be triggered.

[Adam Jensen]

Oh come on. Assuming he actually existed, he had some good ideas. It's not his fault people ignore his good ideas in favor of his (or his followers') bad ones, misinterpret what he said, or simply put words in his mouth.

Indeed. Jesus, assuming he existed (and I'm betting on that he did, though I don't think he was divine) spoke of things like love and compassion and all sorts of great philosophies.

His more zealous followers however . . .

[Kaleredar]

Indeed. Jesus, assuming he existed (and I'm betting on that he did, though I don't think he was divine) spoke of things like love and compassion and all sorts of great philosophies.

His more zealous followers however . . .

Jesus has been widely accepted as having indeed "existed" by most mainstream scholars.

In a 2011 review of the state of modern scholarship, Bart Ehrman wrote, "He certainly existed, as virtually every competent scholar of antiquity, Christian or non-Christian, agrees"... Richard A. Burridge states: "There are those who argue that Jesus is a figment of the Church's imagination, that there never was a Jesus at all. I have to say that I do not know any respectable critical scholar who says that any more".... James D.G. Dunn calls the theories of Jesus' non-existence "a thoroughly dead thesis"... Michael Grant (a classicist) wrote in 1977, "In recent years, 'no serious scholar has ventured to postulate the non historicity of Jesus' or at any rate very few, and they have not succeeded in disposing of the much stronger, indeed very abundant, evidence to the contrary"... Robert E. Van Voorst states that biblical scholars and classical historians regard theories of non-existence of Jesus as effectively refuted

So there's that.

[ozzyloki]

Yes
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[zeekphreak]

yes you can

but I am not a racist...I hate everyone equally.

In saying that, I have never met Chevy Chase, but I dont like him, he sucks in every single one of his movies, I am sure he is a nice guy, but i dont like him

In real life he is an egoist and suffers from misogyny.
So your hate isn't unfounded.

[Danifilth]

I hate anyone who visits america always bragging about their country is best this and that and talk too much in public.

[SL1200]

Yes you can. I do it all the time, often for no good reason.

[Ealyssa]

Damn them and their holey cheese! I paid for a whole block damnit!

How should we know our cheese is deliciously perfect without scooping some ?

[Adam Jensen]

Jesus has been widely accepted as having indeed "existed" by most mainstream scholars.



So there's that.

Well, yeah, that's why I said I was betting that he did, though I didn't realize that view point was more than popular among scholars.

[Deleted]

I hate loads of people i have not met, mostly these "famous" people who do nothing and get rich.

[Haven]

Simple, they're Dutch, sittin' over there with their own customs, WHO THE FUCK DO THEY THING THEY ARE?

Gold medal, sir.