and perhaps there are ways to adapt those tactics to respond to the authentic pain (where it exists) of white men in this country...
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however, when it came to the more privileged folk that Jesus interacted with, while He was still loving, that love didn't look the same...
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it was often love in the form of brutal clarity, or love in the form of rebuke. It was often love for those misled by those in power...
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It is fairly clear that the Jesus of the Gospels was much more patient with those who had not been shown patience.
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He was much more gentle with those who had not been shown gentleness. But those who had every advantage... with them he was blunt and clear
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that doesn't mean not to speak out of love. It is loving to warn people of privilege of the enormous moral and spiritual peril they can face
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it is loving to provide a clear, unambiguous rebuke. And remember that acting out of love, even when you're talking to privilege...
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means acting out of love for the privileged person you're talking to AND those they oppress. It's always both. No less is acceptable.
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so yeah, meeting hate with love is necessary. And leading with compassion, even with Nazis, can sometimes be the wisest tactic.
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but sometimes love means defending the oppressed against the violent. Sometimes love stings when it encounters evil.
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it is, however, doing our best to act out of love in all situations that will empower us to discern which tactic is necessary when and where
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