English: “You shall not consent to him” — One might have thought that since it is written “you shall love your fellow as yourself” you must love this one as well; therefore the verse states “you shall not consent to him.”
On the daf / in context: The general command of love for one’s fellow is overridden in the case of the mesis; the special verse excludes him from the ordinary duty of ahavas Yisrael.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — the mesis is excluded from the mitzvah of loving one’s fellow.
What Is Learned
The ordinary duty to love one’s fellow does not apply to the mesis; one must not consent to him.