"I could easily be one in a firing squad but I still don't hate."
A firing squad is like an abattoir where Abbott and pigs are processed without hate. Maybe that's progress.

nickname nick,
If you're referring to inhumane humans such as deadbeat drug abusers & rapists then you're on the dot.

It sound like you're asking yourself as much as your asking the rest of us Belly. And with that in mind I think this is a good question to measure ourselves up by.

Here's my take on it. From my observation, anger and hate are hard to restrain. In those states of mind acting justly instead of overzealous in our punishments or our reactions is a huge concern. Which is why the wisdom to take a day or a few hours to calm down before speaking in anger or acting in anger is such good advice. (In marriage and parenting especially, but for anything else as well). It's also why it's such a good idea to have legal guidelines regarding the judicial system. That way we have limits on punishments we prescribe.

As for resolving having hate in our actions or our views. Here's a few thoughts as well. Conquer evil by doing good. Don't return evil for evil. Let justice be in the hands of the authorities and instead for ourselves look at it from a perspective of trying to redeem another person, or to avoid them if redeeming them is not an option. If we act on things from those principles then through practice I think it will be easier to not hate.

Don't be angry about this, but most of these conclusions are my conclusions while considering bible lessons. There's several that I think apply in this topic of hate. I only mention this because if you wanted more detail on what I mean, you'll not be angry if I go into more detail. Or if I approach it from other considerations as well. However if you don't want more detail, then at least I can give you some thoughts on hate without directly referencing where those conclusions stemmed from. (Without sparking your own anger, due to your anger on religion).

Hope this helps and hope you're doing well.

-Heath

One other characteristic that might help remove hate from ya. Strive to be humble.

In the way that a person would consider others as their equals or their betters they might not step up to string them up in their arguments or fights. If someone holds others as their equal or their betters, then the casual consideration that they might be right can penetrate old arguments and personality clashes. Might help look at the issues instead of the people.

The other way to strive to be humble is to acknowledge your own mistakes, emberessments, failures, even the wrongs you've done that have harmed others. We've all done these from one time or another in our lives. Remembering them hopefully will help humble ourselves before coming to bat against eachother in our hate or our anger. With this approach it's a little easier to look at others with concern and to try to redeem them, instead of try to make an example out of them. At least this helps to try to treat others the way I'd like to be treated, without neglecting what needs to be done, or a correction and critism that I assume is needed. But when it gets out of hand and you can't be around someone without a history of anger boil over. Then give them space, and walk away. Even if they count that as a win in a debate, it's as much for your benifit as it is theirs to walk away from it all.

Not Now Soon thanks and I am well
You force me to confront a truth about me, my hate is beif,
I call for death sentence for some crimes, yet support life in prison rather than death always
And like to think my whole being wants a more caring world.
I however can not overlook the blind hate that is used as a weapon
The Scottsboro boys, the hate that made south Africa apartheid, the joy Nelson Mandela bought to that country and the world
Nazi hate, American Christian right hate
Hate is blind, it can never deliver outcomes that are not evil, afraid my question remains
Why so we, or some of us, blindly hate

"Why so we, or some of us, blindly hate"

Ignorance is a big part of it.