Seven Deadly Sins<\/a>), but Despair is worse (in Christian tradition, again in its extreme, it is the one unforgivable sin). And, indeed, there is in fact a relationship between these and the above — think of Anger is Hatred at the world or a situation, whereas Despair is Apathy about it, a disengagement from everything.
\nSo to that end, it’s better to rage at the world (or one’s situation in it) than to give up on it. (I’m not sure, in that relationship, what the analog to Love would be.)<\/p>\nDon’t ask … my mind’s wandering over these sorts of things of late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I read once that the opposite of Love is not Hate, but Apathy. Hate is, at least, engagement (negative and destructive, to be sure, but still engagement and acknowledgment). Hatred…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-religion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6258,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/09\/30\/3_photos_the_vo.html","url_meta":{"origin":10083,"position":0},"title":"3 Photos – the Voyeurism Meme","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 30-Sep-04 1:57pm","format":false,"excerpt":"From Les. This could be fun. Or awful. Or met with complete apathy by my Loyal Readership. Think of 3 pictures you?d like to see. Leave whatever you'd like to...","rel":"","context":"In "Personal Q&A"","block_context":{"text":"Personal Q&A","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/personal\/personal-qa"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":41690,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/11\/to-hate-it-is-to-fly-it.html","url_meta":{"origin":10083,"position":1},"title":"To Hate It Is To Fly It","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 11-Apr-14 3:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The only thing more remarkable than how many people complain about Spirit Airlines is how profitable they are. Apparently people don't hate it enough not to fly on it -- or, rather, their hatred is matched only by the low fares they charge.That's not only remarkable, it's disappointing.\ufeff http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/authors\/1489-justin-bachman View\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":37933,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/28\/back-it-up.html","url_meta":{"origin":10083,"position":2},"title":"Back. It. Up","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 28-Jun-13 8:59am","format":false,"excerpt":"Really -- backups, whether to USB drive or to a cloud service like my beloved +Backblaze, are so brainlessly easy these days, that if you aren't doing them, you deserve nothing but finger-pointing and laughing mockery when your\u00a0drive inevitably dies a horrible, spinning death. \u00a0Really.Reshared post from +Backblaze10% of people\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":50054,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/13\/among-the-things-im-not-looking-forward-to-with-hillary-clinton.html","url_meta":{"origin":10083,"position":3},"title":"Among the things I'm not looking forward to with Hillary Clinton","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 13-Apr-15 4:36pm","format":false,"excerpt":"GOP vitriol, as here lampooned by Andy Borowitz.'WASHINGTON \u2013 Republicans today promised that there will be a \u201cseamless transition of hatred\u201d if President Obama is succeeded in office by Hillary Clinton. \u201cLike many Americans, we will be saddened to see our lawsuits, investigations, and general harassment directed towards President Obama\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15934,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/05\/why-does-the-right-hate-america.html","url_meta":{"origin":10083,"position":4},"title":"Why does the Right hate America?","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 5-Oct-09 10:48pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, so I'm not bought into the Olympics Kool-aid, where getting the Olympics is actually a net profit to any major city. And given the nature of Chicago politics, one might objectively wonder about what level of graft and corruption having the Olympics there would have caused. That said, this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fourth Estate"","block_context":{"text":"Fourth Estate","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/fourth-estate"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3478,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/11\/12\/dont_tread_on_m.html","url_meta":{"origin":10083,"position":5},"title":"Don’t tread on me","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 12-Nov-02 10:32am","format":false,"excerpt":"Folks in the US sometimes take the First Amendment for granted. But, I'll tell you folks, it's that sort of thing that makes it -- well, not impossible, but a...","rel":"","context":"In "ZT & PC"","block_context":{"text":"ZT & PC","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/zt-pc"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}