For People with Opinions

I have some questions.

What are you trying to accomplish when you:

• post snarky passive aggressive posts?
• insult the people who disagree with you?
• shut people down instead of having a conversation?
• think the information you have is better than the information someone else has?
• believe your opinion holds more value than someone’s life experience? 

In case people don’t get to the bottom of this blog, I want to state this first. To all the people who disagree with me, your life matters. Your opinions are your opinions. I can respect that. I won’t try to change your mind. I won’t even insult you. Just please take a moment to answer my questions before you decide to share your anger and hate on social media.

I genuinely want to know the answers to these questions because I don’t understand what people are trying to accomplish by being mean. It hurts my heart. 

If someone wanted to convince me of their views with love, maybe I’d be more open to listening. If your views cannot be expressed in love, maybe you should rethink your views. 

The anger and hate being thrown by people who are not even influenced by the stances they are taking saddens me. We don’t live in a world that is black and white. We live in a world with different shades of grey. There shouldn’t be such a chasm between people. 

It is easy to throw mud. It is easy to hurl insults and hide behind hate and anger. But what are you accomplishing? 

We are missing out on conversations. We are cutting people out of our lives because our views seem so polar opposite. Why?

For my Bible-believing people of faith, here is a verse to meditate on when you’re feeling overwhelmed by people who disagree with you and you want to lash out in your own version of God’s justice. 

“Beloved, don’t be obsessed with taking revenge but leave that to God’s righteous justice. For the Scriptures say: “Vengeance is mine, and I will repay,” says the Lord. And: If your enemy is hungry, buy him lunch! Win him over with kindness. For your surprising generosity will awaken his conscience, and God will reward you with favor. Never let evil defeat you, but defeat evil with good.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭12:19-21‬ ‭TPT‬‬