As our nation reels and processes the death of Charlie Kirk and all it entails, we once again have to confront our biggest societal sin: hating the “other.” The vitriol I have seen on social media over the last few weeks has exponentially amplified the sickness I felt over the original act of violence.
When will we learn to focus our value judgments on positions and ideas instead of on the people who hold those positions and ideas? If we don’t, I fear our society and our very reality will collapse.
Not all ideas have equal value, but the people who hold them do. Our culture’s obsession with self-invention and over-reliance on technology to promote ourselves and cancel others may tell you otherwise, but as someone who believes every one of us is made in God’s image, I also believe that everyone deserves the same dignity and compassion.
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