Years ago, a fellow parent mentioned that she was very unhappy when her child returned home from a taxpayer funded Madison school and said “I hate George Bush”. “I don’t want my child to hate anyone. We might disagree, but not learn to hate….”
And so it continues as I see scenes noted above.
From the Sermon on the Mount [Grok]: Matthew 5:43–44:
– “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”
I admit to failing the Great Commandment over and over and over, particularly when (nearly always paid) door knockers arrive from distant lands (one, a retired Indiana teacher now living in Columbia – paid to return and canvas!) to tell us how to vote on this or that person/topic. The why, sometimes.
Ah, grace opportunities in every direction.