From a Christian perspective I’m all for showing love and compassion to everyone. We shouldn’t be rolling out the red carpet for those who want to destroy a functioning society or work to undermine it.
I know I can be “pollyannish” and I would love for everyone to be able to link arms and sing about peace and brotherhood but unfortunately that won’t happen on Earth. I do try to treat everyone as Jesus would want me to, but when people show hatred to your way of life you can’t allow them inside the gates.
Auron MacIntyre did a whole podcast the other day on the Conservatives v Leftist heatmap meme where the left loves space rocks more than their next of kin.
MacIntyre's point was that from a Christian perspective, a wider compassion for others is still valid, but also must be prioritized so that charity starts at home.
He also emphasized the slacktivism phenomenon where prioritizing abstract external things earns leftist virtuous rewards but requires little personal investment or sacrifice.
Prioritizing those around us first comes with more costs, because those individuals have flaws like everyone does that we must experience. They also demand other precious resources like our time rather than just the collectivized common tax dollars.
It's also more true to effectiveness. It's easy to claim you're more loving if you love more things a little, and make impassioned pleas for their betterment.
It's much harder to claim you love your bother who you have to deal with, who slurps his soup and makes crude jokes. Ugh.
"He who claims to love God and hates his brother is a liar"
From a Christian perspective I’m all for showing love and compassion to everyone. We shouldn’t be rolling out the red carpet for those who want to destroy a functioning society or work to undermine it.
I know I can be “pollyannish” and I would love for everyone to be able to link arms and sing about peace and brotherhood but unfortunately that won’t happen on Earth. I do try to treat everyone as Jesus would want me to, but when people show hatred to your way of life you can’t allow them inside the gates.
Auron MacIntyre did a whole podcast the other day on the Conservatives v Leftist heatmap meme where the left loves space rocks more than their next of kin.
MacIntyre's point was that from a Christian perspective, a wider compassion for others is still valid, but also must be prioritized so that charity starts at home.
He also emphasized the slacktivism phenomenon where prioritizing abstract external things earns leftist virtuous rewards but requires little personal investment or sacrifice.
Prioritizing those around us first comes with more costs, because those individuals have flaws like everyone does that we must experience. They also demand other precious resources like our time rather than just the collectivized common tax dollars.
It's also more true to effectiveness. It's easy to claim you're more loving if you love more things a little, and make impassioned pleas for their betterment.
It's much harder to claim you love your bother who you have to deal with, who slurps his soup and makes crude jokes. Ugh.
"He who claims to love God and hates his brother is a liar"