Quote Originally Posted by Jason View Post
Sure. Let's say you hate a public figure your whole life but never actually meet them, correspond with them, or otherwise interact with them before you die.

Who was the most negatively impacted by your hate?

The target of your hate was wholly unaffected and was probably completely unaware of how you felt about them.

You, on the other hand, were annoyed and stressed every time you thought of or talked about the person. Your hatred may even have ruined other relationships when friends became aware of your hatred for this person.

If you go and act on your hatred then you may actually do more harm to the target of your hate, but that would be your actions doing the harm, not your hate. Hate by itself only harms the hater.
Hmmm... Okay no this just reads as an argument similar to shooting someone and then saying "I didn't kill him, the bullet did." Technically correct but it dismisses important connections between cause and effect.