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"You can't hate something you don't really love"
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2014 "You can't hate something you don't really love"
- comedian Patrice O'Neal
To me, anger/frustration (or hate as Patrice refers to it) is a symbol of love because it's emotional. It shows that I care enough about somebody to feel such anguish that I need to express it to you (hopefully in a constructive way) to maybe shed some light on where I'm coming from. Maybe your opinion is completely right and/or more educated, in which case my word means very little. Or... maybe I'm showing you something you never interpreted before, in which case my frustration is valuable. Either way, my expression is a symbol of my love, and a quest to spread knowledge via communication (albeit with varying degrees of success) Ideally, I would hope my right/wrong ratio is 100/0, but in reality, it's probably closer to 50/50..
That said, in my opinion, the moment you know somebody doesn't get angry with you anymore - or nothing you say/do causes a reaction - is the second you know somebody isn't willing to love you, or at least give you their entire effort.
Hate As Love
A new definition: opposites exist in equal proportions, as if the greatest courage felt has merged with enormous fear; intensity equivalents of love can be expressed as vehement hate. Inseparably. Opposites as equals - it takes great energy to loathe someone as a measure on the timeline of love, the two intersecting. Interesting posit. ~ Lady A ~