Haterade

Nobody likes being called a hater but everybody secretly hates people. On our most shallow levels, we like doing it because it makes us feel righteous and superior. It’s easy to pretend that the petty feelings we have for that “pigeon-toed heifer next door” or “that jerk in the next cubicle” are just personality quirks, that our dislike for them is the same as our dislike for raisins or anchovies. It’s even easier to create excuses that sound better than the real reason: I’m not jealous of her Bentley. I just don’t approve of those short skirts of hers.

Those petty feelings are really just good old-fashioned hater-ation.

Beyonce Knowles

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Many people are guilty of this one. People hate Beyonce with a passion and have ever since her early Destiny’s Child days when the group had five singers. Beyonce seems to remind people of the popular girl in school- and they’re hoping she trips on the hem of her prom gown.

Paris Hilton

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People hate Paris because of jealousy. She hasn’t really done anything worth our note but she is everywhere. To ordinary people who have real talents and still have to do their own grocery shopping, this is unforgivable.

Sarah Palin

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Sarah Palin is a feminist. She has given all women a running start.

For her Republican haters, this is especially troubling. This is no June Cleaver, an apron-wearer with plenty of time to bake cookies for the church social. This is the working mom of an unwed mom.