Yes, in a perfect world, the cautious, reasonable middle would be a great spot.
But, this isn't a perfect world.
Sometimes diplomacy enables the predators.
Sometimes silence is participation.
Sometimes the fence is the seat of the coward.
https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-fascists-and-the-fence-sitters
But, this isn't a perfect world.
Sometimes diplomacy enables the predators.
Sometimes silence is participation.
Sometimes the fence is the seat of the coward.
https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-fascists-and-the-fence-sitters
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Former Texas Secretary of Agriculture Jim Hightower
Choose this day whom you will serve. But stop pretending that scorning the cautious makes you prophetic.
The man replied, “I’m staying right here.”
Suddenly, his world went black. He panicked and shouted, “Hey! I didn’t choose Satan!”
So he climbed up and sat on the fence.
A man found himself in a field divided by a fence. On one side stood God, calling, “Choose me and have eternal life.”
On the other stood Satan, offering, “Choose me and I’ll give you everything you’ve ever wanted.”
• Peacemakers (Matthew 5:9)
• Those slow to speak, slow to anger (James 1:19)
• Those who wait on the Lord (Isaiah 40:31)
You wrote: “Sometimes the fence is the seat of the coward.” But Jesus taught that wisdom often looks like restraint, and peace is the fruit of righteousness—not loud alliances with whichever side shouts loudest.