The Christian message says to love your neighbor and even those who persecute you which is a tremendous challenge.
Turning the other cheek is probably the hardest thing we are asked to bear. It's certainly a difficult one for me.
As I got older my cynicism increased but so did my ability to see behind facades and into people's suffering. Life isn't easy and many take the road of aggression as a short cut to temporarily alleviate their pain.
It doesn't work but for a time they can feel superior to someone else.
If we recognize this we can be empathetic and not take glee in their suffering.
Trump voters are finding this out the hard way and there's no point rubbing their faces in it for some may still draw a lesson from it.
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