I've been reading Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, by Marcus Borg. Chapter 3, Jesus, Compassion, and Politics, is especially enlightening on this point. In Jesus's time, there were two conflicting visions of how to organize society, just as there are today. The Bible calls them 'compassion' and 'purity.' Jesus, obviously, preached radical and inclusive compassion. If we stick with the letters that were for sure certain written by Paul, he did, too. When he wrote, "there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female," we can insert "there is neither gay nor straight," "for you are all one in Christ Jesus." The story of the eunuch is on point, because the eunuch could not be admitted as a member of the Jewish community by the purity laws, but he was welcomed by Paul as a member of the Jesus movement.
If you get into the arena you have to be able to handle conflicting ideas. I am not saying do whatever you like but free speech is not exclusive. We all have opinions , everyone is entitled to them, but we need to be aware democracy is a consensus style of government. Ideally free speech is the incubator of public policy imho
Hissing is an appropriate response to a speaker who says something the audience does not like, or to bad puns and jokes. Boos and other forms of heckling are a more robust response. If sufficiently provoked, the audience should simply get up and leave. Stanford's higher-ups should not have apologized. That necessarily disparaged its students, and put the University on the wrong side of the issue. Those who manage universities, call them administrators if you will, often think of themselves as superior to their students, assuming perhaps the role of parents, when the truth is they are the servants of those who come seeking education, even if the average freshman has jumbled ideas and motives, as is frequently the case. Universities are often willing to compromise their integrity by a quietism that protects, so administrators suppose, their fund-raising. Universities, generally speaking, have no courage, no guts. This is understandable, as they exist at the mercy of their funders, whether state legislatures or private donors. They are also poor at the internal administration of justice, when it come to disciplinary matters, especially if a matter involves alleged faculty wrongdoing. Talk to the AAUP; it will confirm this.
11th Commandment:
“Thou Shalt Not Be A Bystander!”
Perfect. I just finished Linda Sarsour’s book on this.
Oh, right in the heart of the target. Thank you.
RRR
The late, great John Lewis would call this “good trouble”…..swords up!
Yup ⚔️ hi ho! RRR
I've been reading Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, by Marcus Borg. Chapter 3, Jesus, Compassion, and Politics, is especially enlightening on this point. In Jesus's time, there were two conflicting visions of how to organize society, just as there are today. The Bible calls them 'compassion' and 'purity.' Jesus, obviously, preached radical and inclusive compassion. If we stick with the letters that were for sure certain written by Paul, he did, too. When he wrote, "there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female," we can insert "there is neither gay nor straight," "for you are all one in Christ Jesus." The story of the eunuch is on point, because the eunuch could not be admitted as a member of the Jewish community by the purity laws, but he was welcomed by Paul as a member of the Jesus movement.
I love that book no should read it again.
Indeed. Good trouble? RRR.
Free speech is a two way street. Arrogant in his hate, Duncan came for a fight and got one.
I have always been confident in my sexuality so I never felt threatened by anyone who’s sexuality wasn’t considered normal , whatever that is
For the people that are so opposed to the lgbtq community I can’t help but wonder why
Are they themselves confused about their own sexuality ??
I have asked that question to goofballs I know that are proudly ignorant about that bigotry
Listening to them stumble to an incoherent response never fails to amaze me
They usually end up saying something about the Bible even if they themselves aren’t religious
Ah, the Bible, the single most misused and unread religious document ever. Someone’s gender isn’t interrupting your life in the least.
That pro-eunuch document.
Excuse me. That pro-eunuch library.
I am stealing BOTH of these.
For the goofballs that I I know that aren’t religious when they mention the Bible I ask them what the first commandment is
They almost always want to jump to thou shall not kill
Not so fast goober
Ha. An excellent bar to set.
If the commandments were called “Terms of Agreement” most people would click on “Agree” without reading them.
I'm stealing this.
Lol
If you get into the arena you have to be able to handle conflicting ideas. I am not saying do whatever you like but free speech is not exclusive. We all have opinions , everyone is entitled to them, but we need to be aware democracy is a consensus style of government. Ideally free speech is the incubator of public policy imho
Hissing is an appropriate response to a speaker who says something the audience does not like, or to bad puns and jokes. Boos and other forms of heckling are a more robust response. If sufficiently provoked, the audience should simply get up and leave. Stanford's higher-ups should not have apologized. That necessarily disparaged its students, and put the University on the wrong side of the issue. Those who manage universities, call them administrators if you will, often think of themselves as superior to their students, assuming perhaps the role of parents, when the truth is they are the servants of those who come seeking education, even if the average freshman has jumbled ideas and motives, as is frequently the case. Universities are often willing to compromise their integrity by a quietism that protects, so administrators suppose, their fund-raising. Universities, generally speaking, have no courage, no guts. This is understandable, as they exist at the mercy of their funders, whether state legislatures or private donors. They are also poor at the internal administration of justice, when it come to disciplinary matters, especially if a matter involves alleged faculty wrongdoing. Talk to the AAUP; it will confirm this.
Well done, you.