Fair enough point. It may be a difference of semantics but as a writer I agree that words are important and should be as clear as humanly possible.
I believe for example, that the French Resistance were a necessary and integral part of the Allies’ victory against Hitler in WW2.
I believe that they basically stood for justice and freedom and therefore love of humanity. (Although it’s entirely possible that they felt emotions of anger and yes, hatred towards the fascists they fought. It was not necessary for them to feel ‘love’ for the enemy in order to be effective. Most of them had probably never read Sun-Tzu either.)
But did they feel love for humanity as a whole? Were they fighting on the side of the good? Absolutely. I think that’s ultimately why they were victorious.
I did not say and do not believe that love is “weak”.
But too many times people DO believe that “loving” means coddling, excusing, ignoring or “turning the other cheek” to those who speak hate and who hold beliefs that denigrate another group of people.
