You and Guido are diluting the word "hate". Most of us are irrationally emotional about this team and become frustrated when things don't come up roses.
Keep in mind, the men that play football for the New Orleans Saints have no idea who we are nor do they care.

I can discern the differences between passion and hate fam. Throwing around dog-whistle terms like thug isn’t irrational passion.

ˈhāt
1
a
: intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury
b
: extreme dislike or disgust : ANTIPATHY, LOATHING

A valid point.
I looked up the word "hate" to make sure that I'm understanding it properly:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dict...earch-dict-hed
I was taught at a young age that hating someone meant that you wanted them to die. Maybe a couple of our posters have these feelings towards some Saints players. I sure hope not. You're in a bad place if you have a hatred for anybody.

I always identified hate more in line with that second definition. I don’t think people on the boards want certain players to die per day, but I don’t think certain individuals would lose sleep or care if they did. Prime example for me would be Kobe. I hated Kobe for the majority of his career, but I didn’t want him dead and when he passed I cried for him and his daughter. The rhetoric on players like Winston, Thomas, and Kamara can be so consistently and overwhelmingly negative at times on these forums.