Rush to Hatred
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This is great, JoJo. I’ve written in my Blog similar thoughts. And have bee surprised by some of the responses from people who thought I was suggesting squashing their “freedom of speech”. Of course, I was not. I was just suggesting that they do it in a more constructive way. Reading American political history, however, is a kind of relief in that nasty political rhetoric and divisive language has always been a part of the system. It is just unfortunate that Christians get caught up into it instead of acting and responding counter culturally. Like Jesus.
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Amen Joan. There is a way we can tell someone we disagree without being disrespectful. That’s what we teach at Art of Eloquence and that is a very important lesson for one of my next studies: Say What You Mean: Debating the Issues. It’s about how to voice political disagreements.
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Interesting that it seems to me the main ones who cry for “tolerance” are intolerant when you don’t agree with them.
Since I haven’t been on Twitter much lately, I didn’t see comments and I’m glad I didn’t because I know it would have caused me to think differently about someone who would post such meanness. There is a way to communicate you disfavor in a favorable manner