Meaning of two-minute hate | Babel Free

Definitions

Ritualized hatred towards a perceived enemy, especially when encouraged for political reasons.

Examples

“There were to be no loyalty parades with bleating school children carrying flags down mainstreet while every heart rises ; nor were there to be pictures of the enemy showing him with claws, fangs, or tusks to induce our two-minute hates”

“The contrast between the two eras is clever and effective, and, with the Great Depression still chugging along at the time of the story's first publication, contemporary readers suffering that debacle's effects would have had no trouble working up a good two-minute hate for the too-comfortable Contents.”

“Again, there is talk of America's “lost innocence,” and the ritual two-minute hate once reserved for so-called “militia sympathizers” and government critics is now directed at Islamic radicals and, by extension, the antiwar movement.”

“Periodically they would convene impromptu two-minute hate sessions to compare notes on the arrogance and futility of philosophy and its claims on the territory of AI research.”

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