"I don't hate Donald Trump, I just don't like him"

[lees1975]

https://baptistnews.com/article/i-dont-hate-donald-trump-i-just-dont-like-him/

Rodney Kennedy, Pastor and Author of several books, including Good and Evil in the Garden of Democracy

My critics swear I hate Donald Trump. Set the record straight: I do not hate Donald Trump. After writing two books opposing his rhetoric and actions, The Immaculate Mistake and Good and Evil in the Garden of Democracy, and more than 600 articles, I have never felt an ounce of hatred. I simply don’t like Trump.

Like Sam of “I don’t like green eggs and ham” fame, I don’t like Donald Trump. I can’t take him on television, at a live rally, on the radio, in person, in the White House, or outside Trump Tower. I do not like him.

I usually find liking people a cheerful and easy task. After all, I am a trained minister. The church and seminary taught me to be nice. I have expended a lot of energy attempting to like everyone, but I don’t like Donald Trump.

My people like Trump. I grew up in Union Parish, where 73.2% of voters cast ballots for Trump. I don’t understand why so many of my relatives voted for a bullying, blustering, bragging loudmouth reality television star. I have been fretting over this reality for eight years.

My wife says I should tell somebody. Here lately, worry and anger over this mess takes over a percentage of my sleep right off the top. So, I’m telling you, OK?

[Rorey]

1. I don't like him, and I HATE what he represents and what he's done

Actually, I do hate the deplorables. Just being honest.

[Bucky]

9. I don't hate people. I want them to heal & quit voting from spite

It's okay to have different economic ideas that me. But for God's sake make your party put up a policy instead of just a laundry list of counterfactual complaints..

I refuse to hate people, even if I get angry at them and their actions. Hate is a sword you grip by the blade. I don't have time for it. If rather put my time into saving the Constitution

[Rorey]

10. Hate protects

There's woman named Olivia Porter who explains my views on hate better than I can.

There are some people that I have hated. That hatred got me where I am today. If I hadn't allowed myself to hate my ex-husband, I'm almost 100% certain I wouldn't be alive today. Hate can protect and motivate. I try to work through things so I don't harbor emotions like hate for long periods of time, but I know how useful the emotion can be to move forward and get out of bad situations.

For you, hate is a sword you grip by the blade. I gripped mine by the handle.

[Rorey]

2. I hate it, though, when people tell me I shouldn't hate

I've found hate to be a useful emotion in certain situations. It helps me to keep necessary resolve.

[Walleye]

3. My personal religion allows me to hate a rapist and a traitor. I don't hate many people that's for sure.

[Glamrock]

4. Fuck that

I hate him

[shelshaw]

5. He radiates hate from every orifice

I merely reflect it back

[GoodRaisin]

6. Hate is a terrible word.

So, I dislike his fucking guts.

[lastlib]

7. I have a SEEETHING hatred for him....

and all he represents---racism, misogyny, xenophobia........ In that, he joins a very small group--Nixon, Dick Cheney, and Lee Atwater. (I'm close to putting Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, and Stephen Miller in that group.)

[Skittles]

8. "my people like Trump"

that should tell you everything you need to know about "your people"