[John O]

under what circumstances, if any, would it be correct to say that pronouncing an indisputable truth was hateful

Telling the truth is never hateful. It may not be kind or gentle, but it is never hateful.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>> Telling the truth is never hateful. It may not be kind or gentle, but it is never hateful.<<

Hate to sound harshly critical, but you’re not giving that a lot of thought because it’s very easy to think of examples where telling the truth would be rightly considered hateful.