It should go without saying that I am not a fan of most modern religious writers but John PAVLOVITZ is certainly an exception to that. This article he wrote back in January but is still very apropos today.
Good People Don’t Defend A Bad Man
At times in this life it can be a challenge to figure out who the bad people are, but sometimes they help you. Sometimes they do the work for you. Sometimes with their every vulgar, bitter word from their mouth, they testify to their personal malignancy and they make it easy to identify them.
John Pavlovitz is a big part of the problem. He claims that Hillary voters are Morally superior to Trump, I would say that both sides can be flawed. (I didn’t vote for either of them). If anything, his negative tactics are almost helping Trump. He constantly uses name-calling, and ad homenim attacks. According to his own standards, “Good people” do not defend Hillary, either. This secretary of state, who voted to Bomb anybody from Iraq to Syria, don’t get me started on all the Clinton dirt, from foreign policy, to the economy, to their support for the death penalty, private prisons, fracking..But he doesn’t mention ANY of this.. I find his morally condescending tone unrelatable. Comment on this, if you will. I vote third-party, I don;t live in a swing state, and so, he thinks I should feel guilty on this. I don’t