Reply #4: David Corn defends the use of the word hate (I imagine the GOP is whining)

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http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/10/gop-party-hate

In my household, we teach the kids that "hate" is a big word, one that should be used sparingly. But there is plenty of Obama hatred out there—and it extends to Democrats and others. (Remember when furious tea partiers gathered at a Capitol Hill rally organized by the House Republican leadership to protest the health care reform law then under consideration by Congress, and the crowd, referring to Democrats, chanted, "Nazis, Nazis"?) Kerry's point is sound: there's plenty of over-the-top detesting going on in Republican and conservative circles. But the political question is, can Democrats and independents be whipped up to oppose Republicans by worries of rightwing extremism? What's a more powerful motivation: hatred or fear?