Quote for Day: John Pavlovitz on How Sideways We've Gotten When We Care More About Fellings of Bullies Than Lives of Those They Bully

"This is how sideways it's all gone here: that there are people apparently more concerned about the feelings of the bullies than about the very lives of those being bullied. I refuse to be one of those people." https://t.co/UdaAPmXEhr

— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) February 9, 2018

Rise of the Bully Messiah and the Bully's Fear of Resistance

Vulnerable people shouldn't have to suffer because of privileged people's unwillingness to learn & have compassion.

— Marcus Halley (@word_made_FRESH) February 23, 2017

John Pavlovitz on the rise of the bully Messiah: 

The Strongman Does What Bullies Do — Picks on the Least Among Us; People of Faith Speak Back

ICE detains, removes a Salvadoran woman with a brain tumor from a Texas hospital https://t.co/BkhG6LudFU h/t @PGourevitch cc: @ACLU pic.twitter.com/Y4bBEq66Mv

— David Beard (@dabeard) February 23, 2017

The Big Man, the Strongman elected by "pro-life" white Christians to reChristianize our nation and promote an ethic of life, targets vulnerable transgender children, immigrants frightened for their safety and the security of their families, and Muslims. People of faith speak out in response:

A Reminder from Think Progress of What Women and Others Put Up with Online, and Ta-Nehisi Coates on How the Internet Has Opened up Cultural Conversations

Backstory of Blogging Fatigue: Dealing with Religious Bullies

Well, hanged for a lamb, hanged for a sheep. Or is the aphorism I want, In for a penny, in for a pound? Whichever: I've decided that, having shared with you yesterday my feeling of intense frustration right now (post-U.S. elections) about, well, everything from the worth of my existence to the contribution (or lack of contribution) made by this blog, I might as well share some backstory stuff with you.

NBA Player Jason Collins Comes Out, and Chris Broussard Spouts Bible Verses: Bible-Based Anti-Gay Bullying Ramping Up

It's interesting, isn't it, that the immediate and instinctual response of men like Chris Broussard to NBA player Jason Collins's choice to come out of the closet is to issue a blaring pronouncement that Collins is a sinner in "open rebellion" against God? The response of some people to the increasing openness of gay people in many cultures around the world is, in short, to ramp up the bullying. Using the choicest bullying weapons available to them as they engage in this campaign--which is to say, God, Jesus, the bible, etc. . . .