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The hatred for IE found its roots with people who actually make websites. IE uses different non-standard interpretations of the code that programmers use to create the visuals on a website. This means that while the code is good, the website can look screwed up in IE, so the programmers have to create special exceptions in their code to make sure IE renders their site correctly.
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Thanks for this. As I tried to formulate a reasonable response that might more accurately convey that it was not arrogance but frustration, I read your response. As a former web developer, this has definitely had a big effect on my perception of IE. I probably coded or designed thousands of pages during my time as a designer, and EVERY TIME it was "right, the first time" in Firefox, Safari, Konquerer, etc., etc., etc. And EVERY TIME I had to hack it to make it look right in Internet Explorer. They bastardized the w3c standards, took what they wanted, and broke everything else. Now that CSS is all-the-rave, things have gotten better.. but if I had to think about how to design a table which handles the fucked up way IE uses padding and margins ever again I will throw my computer out the window.
The rest of my hate comes from its insecurity. I really cringe to think of how many friends I've had to help reformat their machines because they obstinately insisted on IE, despite so many known and unknown, patched and unpatched vulnerabilities that allowed hackers access to essentially their entire OS. They're getting better with 7 and now 8, but still...
My question really wasn't rhetorical, either. While I can appreciate and understand why someone would choose IE for an actual reason (familiarity, fonts, etc.,) I really didn't know what reasons convinced people to stick with it. I saw none, until I read this thread.