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Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
in my life, i've forgiven someone who hurt me very badly, who rejected my forgiveness, and who has continued to be cruel. to keep forgiving is to refuse to strip them of their human dignity the way they stripped me of mine, which is to hold onto the truth in spite of suffering — PolitiTweet.org
Zed Fang @Fang__z
@ebruenig If the perpetrator does not recant before you forgive, then your forgiveness is merely tacit permission t… https://t.co/yiy3JazCn7
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
@GAFuentes1963 that's the tragedy — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
forgiveness is the best-case conclusion to a cycle of events that take place in a world that is *tragic.* there's this sensibility that things can be set aright around here, like it's possible to win this. it's not. people hurt each other. but we have to live together, too. — PolitiTweet.org
ProfOfTheAncientGreekSenate @ProfThibodeau
@ebruenig I suppose Hitler held the door for the ladies from time to time. But that's not the issue, since forgiven… https://t.co/7M3f1vnT1d
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
i don't think anyone can be 100% evil. that would preclude existence (not answering follow-ups on this.) therefore i have to conclude every extant person can be forgiven. maybe i'm not up to it, maybe i'm too faithless or too vicious, but that doesn't mean it's impossible — PolitiTweet.org
Jason Harman @jasonharman
@ebruenig What are your parameters for forgiveness? I mean some people are something like genuinely evil and I wou… https://t.co/uw4ca1WxgJ
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
@Tippareth there are also people who advocate for adult consensual incest, such as @incestguy — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
@Tippareth our society has an incest taboo, i think that is good — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
@Tippareth thank you very much — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
@Tippareth i'm not arguing against the taboo here, it is what it is. i'm just observing that it exists — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
@Tippareth i'm just saying this is evidence of the cultural taboo against forgiveness. it sounds like your argument is actually: "this taboo is good" which is sort of built into taboos — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
@Tippareth yes this is the cultural taboo against forgiveness that you are expressing — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
@Tippareth it always takes the form of "why are you forgiving xyz when you should be forgiving abc" such that the conversation is instantly derailed and the difficult practice of forgiveness is never really broached. it instead becomes a conversation about guilt/innocence, as i said — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
@Tippareth yes this is the cultural taboo against forgiveness you are expressing — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
@kfgpnz right the readers will say "you're excusing offense x" or "wow nice to see you justifying offense x" or the more insidious "excuse me, why aren't you sympathizing with the *victims* of x" — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
@tonguelife iron law of the universe https://t.co/hAl6nSAhTI — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
people try to write about forgiveness, but they always end up talking about /innocence/: they say, oh this case is okay because it turns out this person wasn't fully culpable -- was too young, was abused, was mentally ill, etc. but that's exoneration, not forgiveness — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
no, the cultural taboo is now so strong that when you suggest a case where somebody actually needs forgiveness — like, real, no-shit, actually desperately needs to be forgiven for something genuinely evil — the response from editors is: "no, that person's a bastard, fuck him" — PolitiTweet.org
Jordan Ballor @JordanBallor
@ebruenig have you written anything on this?
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
we live in a poisonous culture whereinst the demand for atonement is never-ending but the prospect of forgiveness is rejected as evil prima facie — PolitiTweet.org
Marty @martyduren
About 15 mins into this podcast, @timkellernyc name-drops @ebruenig on atonement and forgiveness. https://t.co/C0boalmYE2
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
"nah sis" https://t.co/hatA0skGpz — PolitiTweet.org
Joe Garden @joegarden
What is a non-Lebowski Coen Brothers catch-phrase in your household? For us, it's "Would that it were so simple" from Hail Caesar!
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
@BenBlippenstein Throwing my phone in a wood chipper — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
RT @BernieSanders: Unbelievable. There are some Dems who want to lower the income eligibility for direct payments from $75,000 to $50,000 f… — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
classic dude syndrome: “chicks naturally have flawless skin and rosy cheeks, also, redheads have black eyelashes. thats normal” — PolitiTweet.org
Olga Khazan @olgakhazan
People know that Jen is, in fact, wearing makeup, right? https://t.co/8lqk7n2sAy
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
RT @olgakhazan: "Bless your heart" is an underrated response to Twitter shade. If anyone needs help learning its proper usage, your favorit… — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
RT @gWinbags: Child poverty is bad and this would help but work WORK woRK wOrK work work work https://t.co/3AEodjIlg7 — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
@PhilipTKingston many people are saying this! — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
i periodically spend some time chatting with this former NLRB attorney and it turns out that if a union is, for some reason, trying to get its members disciplined or canned, there's an immediate presumption that the union is violating the NLRA. huh! https://t.co/b34KiUVCaI — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
RT @Biedersam: This afternoon I smiled warmly with my eyes at a very confused MTA worker as I accidentally threw my phone rather than my co… — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
RT @ByYourLogic: I’m the creative director who made it so half the ads this year were purposefully weird post self aware meme bullshit and… — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
if people could choose their race, racism would still be wrong, genius — PolitiTweet.org
macseries @macseries1
@ebruenig @daveweigel Antinatalism isn’t like racism. Having children is a choice.
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
RT @CBSNews: "The Charleston loophole": Purchases by people barred from buying guns skyrocketed in 2020 https://t.co/AAvDf8yaLt — PolitiTweet.org
Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig
RT @mattyglesias: It still seems weird to me that the Director of Poverty Studies at the American Enterprise Institute denounced Mitt Romne… — PolitiTweet.org
