It was a story directly addressing the Republican base Jesus had already told the rich lawyer the basic message of "help other people" and the lawyer keeps pressing him "WHICH other people, what does that even MEAN" So he gets blunt with it
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There are plenty of American Christians who would rather be fired, evicted, cheated and generally fucked over by a fellow Christian than picked up off the side of the road and have their hospital bills paid by a Muslim Identity completely fucks your sense of solidarity
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It's not about explaining that the Samaritan was a really good guy and the other two guys were assholes We all know that It's that even in the face of this *the fact that he's a Samaritan* makes the audience refuse to accept that he's "your neighbor" and the rich guy isn't
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Unwillingly dragging the answer to "Which one was the dying man's neighbor" from the lawyer's lips "...The Samaritan" "Was that so hard?"
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It's the old white men who celebrate the fact that an old white man is President again even as said President gleefully leaves them to die of COVID-19, and who get deeply pissed off at seeing someone like AOC trying to get them healthcare
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Side note: The Samaritans are an oppressed minority in Israel that the government is actively trying to eliminate
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In Israel and the West Bank. There's less than 1000 of them.
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The problem is that we don't realy think about what a Samaritan is in that context - it was unexpected that a Samaritan of all people would help. Now the portable has taken over to the point that when you hear "Samaritan" you think " good"
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But these are the same people who hear the "It's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle..." metaphor and think:pic.twitter.com/fuKl1r2VaP
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seemingly the one passage politically conservative biblical literalists can read and think it doesn't mean exactly what's written
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