People often try to eliminate emotions from their lives, whether some specific ones or all of them. It's called "repression" and it can really mess you up. I

People often try to eliminate emotions from their lives, whether some specific ones or all of them. It's called "repression" and it can really mess you up. I don't mean that emotional responses are automatically good - I mean that emotions, as abstract entities, are inherently good. I'm not so sure I'd call "hate" an emotion, so I'll try a different example. If I'm angry at someone because they told me I wrote a buffer overflow (and I actually did), that's an unreasonable and unhealthy response. The fact that I feel anger over it should impel me to introspection and working out why I'm angry over useful technical feedback. From there, I can move on to personal change so that I'm no longer inclined to be angry about good, helpful input. If I'm angry at someone because they sexually assaulted my wife, that's a healthy anger response. They've mistreated her horribly and my anger on her behalf should push me to protect her and seek justice. How exactly I act on that anger matters, though - physically intervening so they cannot continue to hurt my wife then calling the police would be good. Pulling out a pistol and shooting them would not. Does that clarify my thoughts at all?