3/I don't see him as ever being able to do anything to me (and remember this is my personal disagreement) for which I would ask for mercy. The idea of making a "plea" and asking for "mercy" feels to me like begging and giving him a kind of divinity he does not deserve. - ThreadSky

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pamelalightsey.bsky.social • 46 days ago

3/I don't see him as ever being able to do anything to me (and remember this is my personal disagreement) for which I would ask for mercy. The idea of making a "plea" and asking for "mercy" feels to me like begging and giving him a kind of divinity he does not deserve.

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pamelalightsey.bsky.social•46 days ago

4/There is not a white supremacist in Amerika that I currently feel I would EVER request mercy. So, for me, this felt like more of that conciliatory approach that has gotten the Dems nowhere. If we are going to use these terms in connection with the faith,

pamelalightsey.bsky.social•46 days ago

5/I would have preferred she ask him to behave righteously and to follow the ethical examples as recorded about Jesus Christ. I know it must have been hard to craft that sermon. She had an audience most of us will never likely have. I think she tried to be respectful and take a stand.

pamelalightsey.bsky.social•46 days ago

6/She also spoke from her lens as a white heterosexual, middle-class, liberal woman w/a modicum of power. I often find such persons to display a tinge of paternalism. Anything she said that didn’t stroke his ego would be critiqued. If you’re going to speak prophetically, put the pedal to the floor.

revbillc.bsky.social•46 days ago

Thank you for enriching the conversation around this. Very grateful to have found your comments.

crtcltheology.bsky.social•46 days ago

Amen to each of your comments.

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