What to do about liberal neighbors?

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[Qilin]

I see quite a lot of anger, resentment, and even talk of violence here on FR and it saddens my heart. And I am aware that there are other places on the internet (that I would not venture) that are a good deal worse. While reflecting on this, these words of Jesus came to my mind:

Matthew 22:36-40

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

[This I Wonder32460]

All depends on the kind of liberal they are. Most I liberals I ignore and the dangerous ones I stay far away from. Acquaintances, friends and family, whom I love, yet I acknowledge to myself that I find each somewhat less trustworthy of having the capacity to make wise decisions because of their compulsion of embracing liberal, progressive or such ideas, ideals and politics. For some of us it is easier to get along with loved ones, by not allowing them the knowledge that I reject, dislike, hate or disagree with their ideology and I can still be civil and or polite to and or with them, if they are agreeable to do so. Other than this, I walk away, ignore them. Their loss not mine.

[Qilin]

> Are you a liberal?

Uh, no. I’m probably closest to tradionalist conservatism. I like the writings of Russell Kirk and have read a bunch of his books, both non-fiction and fiction (I highly recommend his ghost stories and novels.) I am firmly opposed to radicals either on the Left or Right.

> And pretty sure Jesus wasn’t talking about slightly heated anonymous language occurring between voluntary participants in an internet debate.

That’s not what I’m talking about either. I regularly see people on FR talking about killing or wanting people to be dead, etc. On a couple of instances I’ve even seen posters talk about mapping out where liberals lived in their neighborhoods so they plan which houses to take out first. This sort of thing is more than “slightly heated” language. And, as I said, I know there are places that conservatives (many are really Right wing radicals, in my opinion) gather that are much worse than FreeRepublic in this regard.

[Qilin]

> And, do you believe in evil?

I believe the root of all evil in the sphere of human actions is ultimately a result of turning our minds from God. If, either by grace or sheer luck, we have not fallen as far as some others, then we should be grateful. For so long as our hearts and minds are not entirely fixed on God, we differ only from the most evil person who has ever existed in degree and not in kind.

Do I think evil has an eternal existence which is separate from God? No, I don't think so; but am not a theologian so I could be wrong. My thoughts on this are probably somewhat similar to those of C. S. Lewis. After the credits have rolled I believe that everything dissolves into God.

Isaiah 45:5-7

5 I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.

7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

[Trailerpark Badass]

I haven't seen that here, and I haven't looked elsewhere for it. I have no doubt it exists, but usually the "far-right" violence" is manufactured by Fed LE. "Far-left" violence is far more ubiquitous in real life, Hundreds of millions of deaths btw.

Feel free to link to any of these discussions. Do people talk about the need to "fight" the left? Hell yeah. If you take your Christianity to mean you should, as I said, pray for the people who are loading you into cattle cars, then I guess I ain't your kind of Christian.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Yeah, well, I don’t really care where it comes from; I know it exists. As a husband and father, it is my duty to protect the weaker (and meeker) from that evil. You’re free to behave in any manner that assuages your conscience.

[MDLION]

Maximilian is at a level many of us can only dream of. They would hit him, sick the dogs on him, he would turn the other cheek, he wouldn’t respond in kind. Sacrificed his life for a young family man. They finally dispatched him in the starvation bunker with an injection as he was still singing days in.

[Qilin]

You might enjoy this interview with a Franciscan priest who knew Maximilian Kolbe. There are some interesting stories and it is quite inspiring, particularly near the end.

[StAnDeliver]

"What do you exactly mean by, “what to do with liberal neighbors?”

He's a troll, and this is his opus.

He named himself after the Chinese unicorn, as if no one would notice.

He calls Freepers "f****** lazy" and worse.

He's butthurt that he can't post his lies here anymore without his past words convicting him.

• "I can’t believe how f****** lazy so many people here are. It seems the majority of people can’t be bothered to think for themselves and spend a little time investigating." - Qilin

• "I don’t like Trump, never have." - Qilin

• "Conservatives support for Trump was a pact with the devil from the very beginning." - Qilin

• "It is inconceivable to me how intelligent people, let alone conservatives, could fall for the obvious hucksterism of this over-privileged, self-absorbed, self-aggrandizing, amoral, sad excuse of a man." - Qilin

• "Putin could give Trump a run for his money in this regard, which is probably why many Freepers are fond of Putin as well." - Qilin

• "I’m not a Trump supporter. The last two presidential elections I voted “none of the above." - Qilin

[StAnDeliver]

"freepers are generally the most thoughtful, helpful, kind people....generally."

Agreed.

But Qilin wonders how many Freepers are actually "Christian"?! You know, like the libelous articles targeting conservatives the MSM attempts to paper over us every Christian holiday...

• "There is so much hate, ill-will, foul language, threats of violence here, that I really have to wonder how many are Christian." - Qilin

[StAnDeliver]

"Are you a liberal?"

Oh ffs, he's a common troll, he bragged about having been here at FR before under a different name...

• "I recognize your username from way back when I used to post under another name. " - Qilin