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Originally Posted by Oblarg
The response that should follow your original wording of "I hate <insert team here>" is a condemnation of that sort of post, because it is destructive and breeds an atmosphere that we do not want. The context is not relevant, and the choice of language is extremely important.
It has nothing to do with agreeing or disagreeing, or whether the opinion is founded or unfounded. Telling someone you hate them does not engender useful discourse, and people should have no expectation that it'll be overlooked.
Note that in my previous post, I did not say that you were not being graciously professional. I said that anyone who'd claim "I hate <insert team here> would be being graciously professional, and there is nothing wrong with the primary response to that claim being condemnation rather than attempted discourse.
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Nah, the only proper response is "Why?" because without any context we cannot understand where they are coming from. Perhaps FRC Team 2013's robot ran over his puppy. By finding more information we can address the root cause of the hate rather than put the GP bandaid over and cause festering hate.
Anger -> Hate -> Dark Side -> Shooting Cool Lightning -> Having really wrinkly skin.
Do you want fox46 to have wrinkly skin? Nah, so let's ask him what his reasons are and address them rather than condemning the symptom and letting the causes go untreated.