If there is one thing I've learned from being the mother to a very special teacher it is this: There is always a fear based reason beneath a person's acting out. Once this universal truth is in your bones, you can't get very far being unloving. Once you know, you can't not know.
With this in mind I take back my last post. I have no idea what kind of demons this man lives with. I don't know his history (or that of his followers). I have no idea what it's like to be him. It just hasn't set well with me all day, attacking a brother for being afraid.
My mistake.
Love.
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except that that man should know better. he, of all people, should know better. (and should not be acting out of fear)
(and if that's your idea of an attack, you might be the nicest attacker I've ever met)
love.
Even people on the road to enlightenment have opinions.
Ya know, there's a difference between acting out with your family or friends, and acting out in a public forum or the media in a way that has the potential to do damage to humanity. As citizens we have a responsibility to call people on harmful statements in the public sphere. In just the way you criticize the government for not dealing with autism, you should feel free to criticize people like Jerry Falwell for his damaging language and behavior, too.
So maybe he is full of fear and we don't know his history, but he still has no right to hurt others with it.
Can both be true? That you can hold him as a fearful brother and be angry at his public display of ignorance? This is a loving and forgiving post, thanks for the reminder. And I see the wisdom in Jess' comment, too. Both And.
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