I was raised in a Protestant, Evangelical environment, and I heard "hate the sin, love the sinner" a lot growing up. It was almost always in the context of homosexuality, so that phrase always gets my hackles up; I think (generic) you can hate stealing and still love someone who steals. I do not think (generic) you can hate homosexuality without also hating at least part of a person who is homosexual. I also heard it in the context of my own choices; my parents hate that I became a liberal, that I rejected their religion, etc., but they claim to still love me. And I'm sure they do still love me, but hating my "sins" feels an awful lot like actually hating me.
I don't think this use of the phrase is exactly what you're talking about, but it's my experience with it.
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Date: 2017-11-02 11:22 am (UTC)I don't think this use of the phrase is exactly what you're talking about, but it's my experience with it.