Someone recently wrote that the penalty for treason is death and that if we don’t like it, change it and to quit whining about that writer’s desire to have an unnamed U.S. Representative hanged by the neck until dead. He said we have to do what’s good for America and kill this person and that the laws of the land support his POV.
'Love and forgiveness' is good for America, isn’t it? Legal lynchings, controlled hatred, is what extremists do to justify reprehensible behavior. I get the IDEA of changing a law because I disagree with it, but death can't be reversed after we've grown a conscience. Treason is a big word for little offenses when seen over time. Some people are saying Trump is Treasonous. Some said the same for Obama, Clinton, and whoever else they didn't like, HISTORICALLY here and abroad. People that win wars (political or religious) get to write the history books.
I understand that we are all doing the best we can to make our world safe, but safe for who? Love your enemies, turn the other cheek, if they ask for your shirt, give them your coat, too. Can, or do any of us do these things? I try but fall short. Such a puzzle for me.
Some say Make America Great Again, others say Make God Great Again. Some say nationalism and religion are the bastions for weak and fear-laden minds. Love God with all your heart, mind, and strength, and love others as yourself.
Every law and prophet hangs upon this truth, for God is Love.
My difficulty is simple: if I love someone, I will admittedly defend them in the heat of the moment (like a child being attacked by a dog), and I see no need to 'turn the other cheek' to a pit bull chewing on my leg (God forbid). How is a pit bulls and an Extremists any different on from another? Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Let the dead bury the dead. 'Live and let live' and 'die and let die' and equals. For me, I am not smart enough to know what to do. God help us all.