Embracing Hate: A Human Emotion Worth Understanding.

Hate is a word that sends shivers down spines, a taboo emotion often swept under the rug of morality. It’s dressed in shame, silenced by social expectation, and vilified as a moral failing. But what if hate, in its raw and honest form, is not the enemy we’ve been taught to fear? What if hate is simply another hue in the emotional spectrum of human existence—no darker than love is bright?

To deny hate is to deny part of our humanity. It is an emotion we all have felt—towards injustice, towards betrayal, towards cruelty. It is born not from emptiness, but from intensity. In fact, many times hate is the scar tissue of love, the mark left when something or someone we cared about failed us profoundly.

We live in a world brimming with duality. For every act of love, there is an act of hate. For every embrace, a rejection. To pretend otherwise is dishonest. To suppress hate, to demonize it, is to blind ourselves to a fundamental part of the human experience. People hate for reasons—real, valid, deeply felt reasons. Whether it’s hate towards oppression, abuse, lies, or the systems that perpetuate them, hate can be the fuel for change, the fire that burns away apathy.

And yet, we are told to feel guilty for our hate. We're told to be better, to forgive, to move on. But forgiveness is not always healing; sometimes it’s betrayal. And moving on without processing what we hate only stores poison under the surface. Hate denied becomes hate misplaced. It turns inward, it corrodes. But hate acknowledged—understood, respected, channelled—can be powerful, even righteous.

Let us be clear: this is not a call to violence, or to cruelty. This is a call to honesty. Hate is not evil. Hate is an emotion. What we do with it defines our character, not the fact that we feel it. To hate cruelty is to stand for kindness. To hate oppression is to seek justice. Hate is not inherently destructive—it is energy. And energy, when directed with purpose, can build as easily as it can burn.

So embrace your hate. Don’t be ashamed of it. Don’t discriminate against it. Understand what you hate, and more importantly, why you hate. In that understanding is wisdom. In that embrace is authenticity. To be human is to feel all emotions—light and dark, sacred and profane. Hate doesn’t make you a monster. Ignoring it might.

Hate responsibly. But never deny its place in your heart.