[CelestialBadger]

I think despise would be a better word. In an intellectual discussion people try to pretend that they're above hating someone for having a different opinion, but they're usually not, so they try to hide their hatred and express it in more of a passive agressive way.

This is why I generally try to steer clear of things like politics when I'm talking with people in real life. First of all, there's obviously no right or wrong answer when it comes to political philosophy, so any discussion isn't going to resolve anything. I'd like to point out that I'm using a pretty literal definition of the word "resolve", because people try to say that discussion of ideas generally leads to understanding which could be the resolution that we're looking for when we start a discussion in the first place. I tend to think that the foundation of politics (insert religion, or any other subject that people have strong views about) is too strong and based on passive aggression in the first place to make any progress when it comes to understanding differing view points.

But hey, if people prove me wrong there, I wouldn't complain.