Similar to how people say "I hate so and so" in sports - there's no actual hatred or ill will towards the person (although there are some nutcases out there that mean it), it's just easier than making up some new vocabulary to describe or to preamble everything with padding.
As the Sports Guy said, there's sports hate and regular hate.
It does dawn on me the possibility that I'm also over analyzing your comment :)
Similar to how people say "I hate so and so" in sports - there's no actual hatred or ill will towards the person (although there are some nutcases out there that mean it), it's just easier than making up some new vocabulary to describe or to preamble everything with padding.
As the Sports Guy said, there's sports hate and regular hate.
It does dawn on me the possibility that I'm also over analyzing your comment :)