"yet the very fact that they still have feelings associated with it means they're not over it."
The point I was making is that the phrase "The opposite of love isn't hate, its indifference" does not apply in all circumstances.
It applies for a child hating their parents for not getting them a special toy that they wanted that their friends got.
Of course in the moment the child hates his parents but its the kind of hate where he loves them but he's just dissapointed with them at the moment, its not indifference so that old phrase applies and he still loves his parents.
Where the phrase does not apply are situations where someone hates their victimizer as the victimizer is someone who robbed, raped, murdered a loved one or psychologically traumatized them in some way.
Indeed I agree with you that people who continue to hate their victimizer are emotionally effected by what happened but this emotion does not take the form of love and thats what needs to be driven home here.
It takes the form of seething resentment, hatred, humiliation, possible desire for revenge or any number of unpleasant notions but never anywhere does the emotion of love enter in.
Love is not a hidden motivator here.
To put a blunt example out there so no one can mistake my point...
Rape victim: I hate my rapist for raping me.
Ignorant fvck: Oh because you continue to hate your rapist for raping you that must mean you secretly love him!
Intelligent human: You dumb fvck, just because a person is angry with their rapist for raping them doesn't mean they secretly love them! Anger and hate are natural emotions to feel after having been victimized in such a traumatic way. Why don't I take this chainsaw and cut off your arm and then when you hate me for cutting off your arm I can tell you in the same ignorant fvck fashion that must mean you secretly love me?
Ignorant fvck: Ahh sh!t I really am stupid aren't I?
Intelligent human: Yes...yes you are.
Edit: The ignorant fvck of my example was not intended to represent you Mr. Me. Its just a story device character to try and get my point across. Had to clarify this as its easy to mistake intent online since its a
text based medium.