I think "hate" is a little too harsh for him. A person that I don't know, but know of or even a little bit about (because he happens to be famous), is not someone I can hate. Hate is such a strong thing that I reserve it for those special people who have attempted to ruin my life.

As for the music side of the argument: I will take any band ever, so long as they actually wrote a lyric or played a melody themselves on an instrument in their own song, over Eminem. Any fool can come up with a catchy 4-note tune and talk over a synthesized beat.

P.S. -- And Sweet Child O Mine IS one of the best songs of the 80's.