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In reply to the discussion: I live in a swing state gone red and have Trumpers in my wife's family. Should I cancel them? [View all]ancianita
(43,325 posts)Trump's given them the permission to be rude.
NOW we, face to face, give them a permission structure to be christian and factual, and not parrots with guns.
Last time I had an argument with a MAGA was this morning on the way to Mass. Even before we got to Mass, I had to forgive her. But I reminded her that "a vote for a criminal is a dumb vote" and that her vote will hurt her and millions of others over the next four years.
Because ... Loving your neighbor doesn't mean you have to like them, or not challenge them.
At Mass we said the Lord's Prayer with the congregation and strive to live by it: "... thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us..." and then after, we went out to breakfast, and will better be able to move on more trustingly.
But I'll have four years to remind her which party gives and which party takes away.