"So "hate" is not too strong a word, I think, for how nonacademics feel about us." Only in the sense that "hate" is not too strong a word for how New Englander

"So "hate" is not too strong a word, I think, for how nonacademics feel about us." Only in the sense that "hate" is not too strong a word for how New Englanders feel about the New York Yankees: the hate is valid for the duration of conversation over beers or one call to the sports talk station. I think about "professors", oh, five minutes a month if I'm preoccupied with higher education.