[Avodah] spitting / sinat chinam

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 06:08:20AM +0200, Ben Waxman wrote:
> A member of DL community who has been attacked by these folks, if he  
> does hate them, is he guilty of sinat chinam?

Our discussion of whether sin'as chinam means the hatred is basisless
or whether it means pointless seems relevant. It is only in the latter
case that your question begins, and then it hinges on the metzi'us --
what purpose does it serve?

Does it prevent me from emulating their tactics? I think that
historically, hatred of an opponent justifies more emulation of their
wronging you, not less.

Can one camp change the other?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha