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NurseJackie

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41. Doesn't matter. Your meaning was clear...

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 02:17 PM

Aug 2018

If I wanted to say both sides are equally to blame I would have said so

Doesn't matter. Your meaning was clear. Or it was just ambiguous enough (poorly written?) that it allowed for you to make that suggestion without having to spell it out explicitly.

No reason for me to write a magnum opus in response to yours but I genuinely want to thank you.

Okay.

I will support that candidate who wants to heal our nation. Hate can not overcome hatred , only love can.

So you want to forgive them unconditionally without demanding contrition? They'll never learn anything that way. "Love our enemies" is a losing strategy... it's a passive sign of weakness that they'll exploit every time.

Besides, that's another example of "both sides" and "we're at fault too" way of thinking. There's absolutely no good reason to offer them unconditional forgiveness unless you also believe that we are ALSO at fault and that we have a REASON to give-in or that they DESERVE forgiveness. (Hint: They don't.)

"Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called the children of God."

I have no need or desire to flatter myself with those types of labels.

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I despise Trump with the heat of a thousand suns but America desperately needs healing. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 OP

Can't heal until the cancer is gone htuttle Aug 2018 #1

Agree...and then reprogramming people who have been in a cult unitedwethrive Aug 2018 #6

Impossible in some instances Rorey Aug 2018 #13

Maybe Trump is not the cancer, but only the lesion. Ron Green Aug 2018 #16

The cancer is AM hate radio and Fox News. Initech Aug 2018 #52

Trump is just a particularly prominent boil. Crunchy Frog Aug 2018 #61

The healing will come through justice DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #2

How about restorative justice ? DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #4

Meaning? DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #8

Restorative Justice atreides1 Aug 2018 #30

That sounds fine to me DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #37

AMEN!! That's the way its technically supposed to be; we seek justice we'll get peace uponit7771 Aug 2018 #17

Healing often requires more than simply one mechanism. LanternWaste Aug 2018 #27

I like the sentiment but asking someone who viciously and violently hates all Eliot Rosewater Aug 2018 #3

I think we have been pretty bitter, historically. It's a consistent theme. NCTraveler Aug 2018 #5

Just forgive, forget, and move on? NOW? dalton99a Aug 2018 #7

I don't think I said that. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #15

I do agree. Rorey Aug 2018 #9

Excising the tumor is the first step toward healing. MineralMan Aug 2018 #10

+1. First, get rid of the malignancy. dalton99a Aug 2018 #12

We got started as the dead-end dumping ground for England's religious fanatics Aristus Aug 2018 #11

There's something more honest about a straightforward criminal, lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #43

Red Don took the children of those seeking help by the 1000's where some where sexually abused, sick uponit7771 Aug 2018 #14

Can we remove the ongoing threat to our nation first before we forgive and forget? eShirl Aug 2018 #18

It sounds like you're blaming the victim... NurseJackie Aug 2018 #19

How is this blaming the victim ? DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #20

I don't like repeating myself. NurseJackie Aug 2018 #22

You seem to have developed some animus toward me. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #25

No I haven't. This isn't about you personally... NurseJackie Aug 2018 #28

If DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #31

I've done no such thing. If your OP lacks clarity, whose fault is that? NurseJackie Aug 2018 #35

There was nothing... DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #36

I can't help you... NurseJackie Aug 2018 #39

If I wanted to say both sides are equally to blame I would have said so DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #40

Doesn't matter. Your meaning was clear... NurseJackie Aug 2018 #41

I want restorative justice. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #42

That's a sign of weakness that they'll exploit. I want to DESTROY them.... NurseJackie Aug 2018 #47

Having them publicly confess to their wrongdoing is not letting them off easily. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #48

... NurseJackie Aug 2018 #49

Dr. King won freedom for his people without ever giving in to hate DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #50

It's a great way to flatter one's own self, but it's a sign of weakness... NurseJackie Aug 2018 #53

+1. Right now if you extend a hand of friendship to them, they'll steal your watch dalton99a Aug 2018 #21

Exactly! Well said! NurseJackie Aug 2018 #24

Trump and company has to be gone and that will go a long way toward healing. shraby Aug 2018 #23

Become? It was always there... HipChick Aug 2018 #26

We must make the propaganda engine accountable too Thunderbeast Aug 2018 #29

How can there be healing when awesomerwb1 Aug 2018 #32

Sure, if it goes back to 1968 bigbrother05 Aug 2018 #33

We are in this position because the GOP was never properly punished for Nixon, Reagan, Bush Sr & Jr. lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #44

Yes...we do need to heal sagetea Aug 2018 #34

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Snotcicles Aug 2018 #38

Screw That! NewJeffCT Aug 2018 #45

We need a purge edhopper Aug 2018 #46

i don't understand the use of "but" in your OP title 0rganism Aug 2018 #51

Thank you!! NurseJackie Aug 2018 #56

After Trump is a chained and made to parade naked on 5th Avenue Le Gaucher Aug 2018 #54

I kinda get what you're saying.... spicysista Aug 2018 #55

Thank you for the thoughtful response. I wish I could be as thoughtful in response. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #57

Oh, stop! I'm just long-winded! LOL! spicysista Aug 2018 #58

I might feel differently tomorrow but today I am weary from hating. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #59

Sometimes things have to be broken in order to be properly repaired. spicysista Aug 2018 #62

As of yet, there is nothing happening at the same level of horror Crunchy Frog Aug 2018 #60

I would rather have revolutionary tribunals MyNameGoesHere Aug 2018 #63