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I can't name a single person—neither in my personal life nor any public figure—that I truly hate.
About five years ago, I started to really get into meditating and observing what my mind is doing. The person who got me into it was Sam Harris, and he's also the one who planted the ideas of no self and no free will into my mind. Despite all the arguments I've heard to the contrary, no one has managed to convince me out of this belief. Because of that, hating a person is now almost entirely incompatible with my worldview, and I'm basically incapable of feeling hate anymore.
That doesn't mean I don't dislike anyone, because I do. But I dislike them in the same way I dislike rainy days or paying bills. I don't act as if it's someone's fault that it's raining outside. I don't blame the person for who they are; they couldn't have been otherwise.