We experience it as hatred because it is hatred.
Yeah, the left is full of hatred towards anyone who disagrees with them.
To survive in this world, one has to develop a radar like inner sense of detecting hatred against them, their families, friends, religion and basically their lifestyle including their chosen politics and careers.
Often that hatred is overt and easy to detect.
Sometimes, their hatred is covert and hard to detect and may be the most dangerous.
The good thing about the current Progressive Politics of Hatred, is how overt it is.
Now, we know how they really feel about us from Follywood, the NFL, NYC/DC, ABCNNBCBS, Ny Slime/Compost, their left wing universities to their rabble rousers in the streets of America. The only things that keep them from rounding us up and putting us into work camps is our 2nd Amendment and President Trump.