Ping
More reading on reaction to Oster’s piece:
Leftist Professor Writing for Atlantic Magazine Wants to Let Bygones be Bygones and Accept a “Pandemic Amnesty” – Sorry, Not Happening
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/10/31/leftist-professor-writing-for-atlantic-magazine-wants-to-let-bygones-be-bygones-and-accept-a-pandemic-amnesty-sorry-not-happening/
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“You Murderous Hypocrites”: Outrage Ensues After The Atlantic Suggests ‘Amnesty’ For Pandemic Authoritarians
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/you-murderous-hypocrites-outrage-ensues-after-atlantic-suggests-amnesty-pandemic
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A Lost Small Town
Running Errands in the Wake of Emotional Violence, USA
https://naomiwolf.substack.com/p/a-lost-small-town
Beautiful piece of writing by Nomi Wolf ....
Excellent articles.
Thanks for posting.
Interesting questions arise though.
Does forgiveness preclude justice? Just because we forgive, does that mean there should be no consequences for their actions, or that we do not hold them accountable?
Or are we just supposed to move on like they’d want and pretend like none of this ever happened? That they can just get on with life with a callous disregard for what they inflicted on everyone else.
It always aggravates me when the person doing the wrong demands forgiveness and then makes the person wronged the bad guy for not being “forgiving”. All they are looking for is a clear conscience and escape from the consequences of their actions. But to demand it? That’s not what forgiveness is. Forgiveness is freely given by the wronged party, not an obligation to be fulfilled to the perp by the victim that the perp can demand of them. What they are then demanding is injustice, an escape from the consequences or penalty of their wrong doing. That’s not forgiveness.
I think that this may be the big issue with people forgiving others. The thought that by forgiving them means there are no consequences, no accountability, no resolution, no nothing except ignoring what happened like it didn’t. And does demanding justice mean that forgiveness didn’t happen?
Thoughts? Because those are some of the things I wrestle with in forgiving others.