It's Okay to Hate Him

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz Podcast · Feb 8, 2025 · 7m

Will Rogers was famously quoted as once saying, "I never met a man I didn't like."

Now, Mr. Rogers died well before Donald Trump was even born, so I believe he fully meant his credo at the time. Had he lived a little longer, though, I wonder if he'd make the same blanket declaration. I'm not so sure.

I can still remember my mother's stern reprimand whenever as a child, I'd comment that I hated this person or that person:

"Hey!" she'd admonish me sharply, "We don't hate anyone!"

I knew then and still know now what she was trying to teach me: that hating what a person does, doesn't mean hating…