tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post2198790695524982244..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Would You Taste Soap?Dave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-10907814098926146862018-04-04T13:33:10.645-04:002018-04-04T13:33:10.645-04:00The answer should always be, "Is calling peop...The answer should always be, "Is calling people that - or anything else - consistent with YOUR principles?"<br /><br />If Christians cannot be known by their LOVE, they can no longer call themselves christian. Not even lower-case christian.ABEhrhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211038591900883672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-47809705713526507932018-04-04T10:21:28.773-04:002018-04-04T10:21:28.773-04:00Words hurt. As you say. The intention is to hurt ...Words hurt. As you say. The intention is to hurt other people, no matter how the behavior is 'justified'. Two wrongs do not make a right. The end does not justify the means. <br />Again and again I am reminded of the book by the late C.S. Lewis "The Screwtape letters." A story about the Devil at work in the 'modern' world. And how each of us makes choices - 'free will' - based on our own fears/desires. <br />I'm not a 'religious fanatic' but someone who sees the powers of growth/chaos at work in the 'modern' ordinary world. <br />Words hurt. And we know that. That's why we choose them. clairesmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12235828110880302069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-34112289194228426222018-04-04T08:23:49.173-04:002018-04-04T08:23:49.173-04:00In my experience - the individuals whom I've i...In my experience - the individuals whom I've interacted with that use that word are 1) not Christian or Christian in Name Only. Jesus' opinion doesn't matter or only matters in so much that they're "saved." And 2) Mom's opinion is worth only slightly more - but not enough to stop that behavior.<br /><br />As someone who identifies as a "classical liberal" - I am equally loathed by both "sides" depending on what subject is being discussed. I've been the recipient of the label you loathe, and have been called republithug, republitard, rethuglican, etc. Except I'm not a republican nor a democrat . . . <br /><br />Ad hominem attacks are used when an argument has broken down. When words get shrill . . . there's no argument anymore, just a clash of emotions, and those are neither 'right' nor 'wrong.' (They're an individual context thing.) Identity politics and putting people into collectives thus assuming their individual attributes as a result of that categorization breaks down too. (Noam Chomsky has some interesting thoughts on the matter of identity politics.) I hope someday we'll learn that we're all in this together - that there's more that unites us than divides us. There's much we can do to change the way we see "us." Ron Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05852385982605070675noreply@blogger.com