You're Just A Hater.

I keep seeing this phrase pop up on Facebook. It seems that if a person has a difference of opinion and they want to express it that they're automatically "hating on" the person that they disagree with. When did people lose sight of the fact that two people can have varying opinions without feeling hatred for one another? If we all thought exactly the same way our world would be a very boring place. We need a certain amount of drama in our lives to keep things interesting. It's the butting of heads that make people with similar views band together in order to pick apart the opposing side's argument and defeat them with logic. Simply disagreeing with a person doesn't make someone a hater. Now, if a person were to make personal attacks on the other person rather than discussing the issue at hand, they may be a hater. Someone that would rather attack the credibility of another rather than discuss the issue at hand in an intelligent manor is a person who obviously has no logical argument to make and they resort to such tactics as a last ditch effort. Their aim is to derail the conversation and draw attention away from the issue so that they don't have to admit defeat. Does one personal attack mean that a person is a hater? Most likely it does not, but if it's a repeated occurrence and the tactic is utilized on multiple victims then there's a very good chance that the attacker is simply incapable of arguing their point effectively. Perhaps they know nothing about what they're trying to argue about, or they're trying to save face, but it all comes down to the fact that they know they're in the wrong and they feel the need to try and discredit the person that they're arguing with. Often times if the hater doesn't have any dirt on their victim, or the victim refuses to acknowledge the attack, the hater will attack someone close to the victim instead. This is an attempt to hit a nerve that they can manipulate to get their victim to try and defend the accusations, thus taking the conversation in a different direction and avoiding the issue at hand. My point is this: there are REAL haters out there, and this is just one example of that kind of person. Stop referring to everyone that disagrees with you as a hater or you're going to diminish the meaning of the word even more, until eventually it's meaningless.