Being a critic is easy, because critics don't actually have to DO anything, never have to put their money where their mouths are.
Oh, I don't know. The job of a critic is to communicate. For a really good critic, I think that their job is to bring a knowledge of the craft and history of an art form and help a more average viewer understand the context of the film they are discussing.
I do agree with you that bashing a movie takes less than a millionth of the effort of actually making a movie, even if that movie (to most people) is no good. So maybe I'll agree that being a critic is easy, but being a
good critic is challenging.
Hate, as used by most people, is hyperbole. I rarely direct it at people. I do think that it's important to keep in mind that there are people out there who have trouble distinguishing characters from the actors who play them, and that it can be very easy to forget that actors are human beings. Anyone who is in the public spotlight (even in a more minor way) can end up on the receiving end of some really foul, cruel behavior and words. Because of this I tend to temper my language regarding people, and especially if they haven't done anything wrong. Ten years ago a friend of mine had a video go viral, and I was pretty shocked at the things people felt . . . perfectly comfortable saying about a person they did not know.
Even when someone I don't like as an actor/actress pops up in a film, that's not THEIR fault. Someone else hired them! Someone else wrote the words that they say! Someone else decided how much to feature them in the advertising! Someone else decided which take to use of a scene they were in!
People can use the word hate if they want. I think in most contexts it's easy to see that they don't mean that they
hate the object of their derision. And I get that complaining/negativity is more fun and cathartic for many people. I don't know. At the end of the day, I just don't think that saying you hate someone adds much to a conversation.