The comments on this blog are usually kind and without great passion or intensity, so I expect it will be the same for this Word of the Day; vehemently.

29 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

We  only vehemently defend things which stir our emotions.

I agree and words should not be one of those things, even though there are orators who use words to stir our emotions in an attempt to make us vehemently for or against something.

The word vehemently has multiple origins: Latin, vehement, which comes from vehemēns and vēmēns (violent, forceful). - Middle French (borrowed from Old French) 

The word vehement was first used in the 15th century and originally mean an intense natural phenomena, such as pain, heat, and wind.  Today it is more commonly used to describe intense emotions or beliefs.  Example, The lawyer vehemently objected to the judges ruling. 

Just the facts:

VEHEMENTLY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

I vehemently deny that I'm coming out of retirement as a pole dancer.