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Its not a matter of hatred, its a matter of reality. If you want larger government, what you want is greater state involvement in the lives and decisions of the individual. You want the state to determine, for instance, what you must purchase with regard to health insurance; you want the state to determine how many miles per gallon your automobile must get; you want the state to mandate your participation in a state run retirement program; you want the state to determine what activities--smoking, for example--are permitted on private property. I could go on, but the list is endless, so I think you get my point. Its not that I hate you, I disagree with you. Hopefully, you can make that distinction.Sounds like more of the usual claptrap spewed by the right in their never-ending hatred of the left. How do I hate thee, let me count the ways.
Yaaawn
Apparently, they've added "statism" to their cabal of hatred. At any rate, by the definition you offer, all politicians are "statists" since they are employed by the state to "get involved" in the lives of individuals [collectively].