Instead say that you 'dislike' or 'strongly dislike' something, but never say hate under my roof. And so I would say that I didn't hate the Yankees, but I really really really disliked them with all the disliking abilities in my soul. It has been said that if we could leave hatred on the sporting field the world would be a much better place. Unfortunately, hatred dwells in the stands not on the field of play. Sure some players may really not like others, but at the end of the day they are both getting paid and they both can just stay away from each other.
Real hatred exists up five rows in every stadium in every corner of the world.
There I said it. Mom, I don't dislike them strongly or otherwise. I flat out hate the Yankees and their trust-fund fans. This hatred may represent the only hatred I know in life. I don't have time for that.