Reply #81: is hate a bad thing?

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http://ciangiff.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/jeremiah-odonovan-rossas-graveside-oration/

"This is a place of peace, sacred to the dead, where men should speak with all charity and with all restraint; but I hold it a Christian thing, as O’Donovan Rossa held it, to hate evil, to hate untruth, to hate oppression, and, hating them, to strive to overthrow them."

To some, Royalty is a symbol of oppression, of unearned privilege, of masses of people being distracted and enthralled by the lifestyles of the rich and famous.

I don't disparage the sentiment, just think it is a few decades behind the times.