• lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    As part of that group, you own ALL their bad behavior, because your group doesn’t do anything to remove that element from the group.

    So now that distorted sharpie-version of Christianity IS the actual and real Christianity, even if you don’t like it. You can either accept that being a christian is very similar to being a garbage nazi, or you can start to kick them out.

    But they’re yours, and you’re theirs

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      Yup; upvoted, and doing exactly this.

      But that same argument can be applied at all levels. These people are also Americans and humans, with a distorted sharpie-version of both identities.

      We all need to own our shared identity with these people while rejecting the false narratives they stand behind.

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        “Humans” nor “Americans” are a group that espouse moral authority. So of course there’s a HUGE difference, and I’m not sure your point is anything but whataboutism

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          How do Americans have more moral authority right now than Christians? They’re overlapping groups that as a whole are behaving pretty badly right now. You could apply the same logic here to police officers or many other groups (manyotherism?)

          You may have a point with humanity as a whole, as there’s only one way to exit that group and it’s not going to be an effective solution to the world’s current problems.

          It’s not “whataboutisn” when someone says “I own that and I’m doing what I can to fix things. This needs to be applied to other groups as well” though. That’s a “yes, and” not a “not this but that” argument.

          In this context, the other groups are brought up solely to illustrate the issues, and not to condone the bad behavior festering inside the larger group that self-identifies as Christian.