Why I can’t shut up about Trump

Why I can’t shut up about Trump

I believe that there is a moral duty to speak out against oppression that results in harm to others. I understand that my family and I are extremely fortunate to live where, when and how we do. It’s rare. Only a tiny decimal fraction of these human beings in history have had anything near the […]

Oppression Always Respectable | Blog & Mablog

“One of the things that Girard noticed about the Scriptures, not to mention human history, is that oppression is always respectable, and that the victim who protests that oppression is not respectable. He is told to shut up. Persecutors always feel persecuted. The oppressor feels oppressed and is highly indignant when the victim won’t shut up. When the victim writes a psalm of lament, he is not playing the dutiful role that he was assigned. The …