Even veteran music journalist David Quantick, who despises what he regards as the ostentatious breast-beating of emo, admits that he cannot bring himself to hate its adherents.
At the core of my soul as a speculator lies a belief that the market hates being predictable and despises participants who feel that they can profit from predictable situations.
But Bob Shields, a longtime San Jose Giants season-ticket holder, says he "despises the thought" of the A's displacing his team and vows never to attend an A's game in San Jose.
The American electorate is still trapped in Nixonland: a land where Democrats and Republicans exchange endless gibes about who despises whom, where simmering class and regional resentments trump all other political considerations and where the airwaves crackle with accusations about lies and counter-lies.