Hate is fear, and fear is rot that cankers root and fruit alike. Roman historian Tacitus was born before Christ but lived into the early Christian era. He put a little different spin on why we hate. It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured. Our homespun poet James Russell Lowell added another explanation to why we hate.
Folks never understand the folks they hate.
Today's headlines are filled with stories of countries divided by hate. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture. The saddest and truest part of Lenin's message was that children must be taught to hate. I cannot accept Pascal's belief that humans all naturally hate each other. No, babies arrive in a pure state of innocence.