>>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19980505/
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>Jay,
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>The fact that someone puts you in the twit is considered by the twitted person as an act of hate or a strong dislike. How the person copes with the thought of someone's hate towards him depends on each individual's character.

Not necessarily hate. Sometimes there's the "don't argue with a fool, a bystander may not recognize who's who".