My apologies, as I wasn’t very clear. I’m saying in response to the OP, John Dehlin would claim to be a better person for his defense of gays, etc, and rightfully so — but that can quickly devolve into ego-driven spectacle.
From Neal A Maxwell, 1996: “Unless checked, permissiveness, by the end of its journey, will cause humanity to stare in mute disbelief at its awful consequences.”
Not saying you should agree, my brother. It’s just my personal perspective.
@auntietravis@BIGKLDS@johndehlin Well, nothing, of course; we should show greater empathy toward all people, gay or not.
However empathy can go too far: e.g. destroying one’s culture to accommodate outsiders; facilitating trans body mutilation; offender protections over victims’, etc.
@KaiSchwemmer Many people including Don Lemon don’t realize that free speech is to protect citizens from government. He makes so many thinking errors it’s just pathetic, especially because he thinks he’s oh so very smart.
@christopherrufo Trump was too controversial for Senate and House Republicans to fully unite behind him. This generated two outcomes: 1) a wasted mandate; and 2) it telegraphed to all conservatives that it was best to vote blue. And they sure did.
What a shame.