1 posted on
08/26/2014 11:34:50 AM PDT by
NYer
To: Tax-chick; GregB; Berlin_Freeper; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; ...
A society that elevates disagreement to offense will not remain free. By its very nature the false promise demands approval. It cannot stand eye to eye with the truth but must dissemble and discredit it by other means. By its very nature it shuts the conversation down and demands the truth be crucified. Ping!
2 posted on
08/26/2014 11:35:31 AM PDT by
NYer
("You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears." James 4:14)
To: Gamecock; metmom; daniel1212; BlueDragon
Taking offense certifies the modern man as one who cares. If we take offense on behalf of another, we can number ourselves among the sensitive and loving. If we take offense personally, we can brandish a stop sign declaring to all that the offense must cease. In either case, the offending words must stop and the conversation must end. I am reminded of a post made about six years ago, in which a Catholic FReeper stated his (her?) opinion that "the commandment to turn another cheek applies when someone is attacking you. When someone is attacking Christ, His Saints, or His Church, we are to strike back because we love God and one another."
3 posted on
08/26/2014 2:13:20 PM PDT by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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