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It can be construed that your just afraid to hate and thus you love. Its a tricky situation. It all matters on your outlook, their are no steadfast rules, I'm making this one up as i go.

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Now fearing fear and analyzing it's implications, not to mention the twist of words is a place where I don't want to go . I see it pointless since this way everything can be interpreted (misinterpreted rather) and have no real value other than contradiction.
But to shed some light on this view, I'll try to make it more clear.
By feeling fear I acknowledged the fact that it doesn't serve me and I became aware of it's toxicity. Then I started to think about real facts, real examples in which I was driven by fear and was able to understand why I failed.
Therefore, I freely choose not to feel fear (hate) anymore because it only puts a stop to my best interests.

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As far as the ignorance dilemma, what desires result in that manifestation, what are the causes that lead up to that statement?

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True we are somewhat getting into semantics, but either way fear is a factor in both decisions is all i'm saying. It can't be readily escaped and it makes no sense to espouse infinent love any more then it does to express infinite hatred, their are degrees however those once again (tricky situation) get into subjectivity which kind of takes this out of the scope of an actual analysis.

We should be able to make exact definitions i agree, but language and our use and the ability to manipulate both forms in the same manner suggest that their merely a difference in expression not nature. I'm dismissing connotations for this example, so we're talking about this in completely different respects hence the difference in our conclusions. What truly is the difference between love and hate aside from our connotations? What are you really saying when you love something versus you hate something? To come to my conclusions requires detachment. To come to yours requires attachement. We're honestly comming from differnt spectrums. (either way i'm having fun) Anyhow to me this is more or less reaffinrming the spirit of the post two different emphasis that are really just the same in nature just opposite in expression. What matters to me as per this example is conviction. Are detachment and attachment more similar or disimilar, or are they merely the different sides of the same coin?

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I'm taking these two together since they relate and get to the next one when I'm done answering these

Love is not attachment, it's our wrong impression about love that makes us think it is about attachment. It's like saying that being possessive is a prove of love.
It is not, it's our response to social programming (i.e. bad movies, soap operas, music, hearing this and that in a word) that makes us think that love is about attachments and the good ol' "making scenes" (for example).
Love is about making a real connection with somebody (which can be your lover, friend, brother, neighbor o anybody else). We make a connection when we understand each other. Why does attachment have to play a role in that? Attachment is th result of low self confidence and confusion. So I'd say that attachment is getting closer to fear rather than love.
When we can make a real connection we don't feel fear or doubt and when these things are eliminated, attachment is out of the picture.
So yes, I don't think one has to feel passion for someone who's showing signs of ignorance, that would be unfit for the circumstance, but what one could feel compassion. Compassion is yet another aspect, manifestation of love.

That's why I specifically said:
Love has a multitude of aspects from passion to serenity. Why not acknowledge all it's perspectives and use them when the case requires?
Love has a wide variety of forms and aspects and this exactly the case to be able to know which form of love you can apply in a specific situation.

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What i was getting at through the ignorance dilemma is conflict. That is what is being approached in that dilemma, either a fear of or for it that leads you to such a conclusion being in scope of love/hate relationship in respects to passion (degree). Anyway i see where your comming from but ignorance has much to do with a lack of love as a lack of hate for the predisposition. Your getting involved in this one, ignorance while it may have to do with that doesn't necessarily involve it, its akin to saying that a lack of love makes one ignorant or a lack of hate makes one ignorant, is either of these paradigms inclusive of the basis of ignorance? A lack of understanding and a lack of education make sense, as ignorance is defined by such, i do see your need to want to involve love into it and fix an emotion to it, but i don't see the use, a realistic example of it; even though educating and understanding can be fostered by a deep sense of love and hate for that matter depending on the emphasis.

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