No, We Should Not Stop Speaking Out against the Ideology of Our Brothers and Sisters in Christ

This past election has been one of the most divisive elections in history, it seriously sucks. But stop telling us we are not peacemakers if we vocally oppose the ideology of American Conservative Christians that leads to the oppression of others.

I will never be cool with a system that advocates egocentric fear while literally hurting thousands of people. I just wont.

With that said, I have many close family members who would fall under the category of Conservative Christianity, I love them and think they are awesome people. We have a great relationship regardless of the fact that we have some seriously polar opposite core beliefs.

Though I love them, I can still vocally oppose their ideology that leads to hurting other. I dont quiet my voice as to not offend them and I also dont directly try to change their views.

Its not like I am going around trying to find people with opposing views and personally attacking them. I may protest on the streets but Im not picketing the personal homes of right-winged Christians and I am certainly not trying to make enemies.

You see, the reality is that if there is not vocal opposition to the oppression committed by the American Conservative Church, there is no chance of change.

Think about the Civil Rights Movement; it was white Christians who blatantly fought against desegregation. It was white Christians who carried out lynching and spit on black children as they made their way to school. And it was a black Christian, Martin Luther King Jr, who called for direct opposition and standing in the tension, not avoiding it. Without people boldly speaking out against the oppression caused by much of the American Church, there would have been no change.

Think about this - around two centuries ago when most who called themselves Christian supported slavery, would you still have told us not to speak out against the ideology of our fellow brothers and sisters who claim the follow Jesus?

This very day, there are people literally being grossly oppressed and dying because of the ideology of the American Conservative Church. It was American Christians who managed to make a racist-bigoted-egocentric sexual predator the leader of our nation.

So no, we should not stop speaking out against the oppressive ideology of our brothers and sisters in Christ.

And the thing is, its okay to call yourself an American Christian - even a Conservative Christian - and still speak out against the oppression caused by others under your claimed label. Being silent while others are being hurt should not be an option. As MLK said, In the end, we will not remember the word of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. We should rather be criticized and even hated for our voice, than sit silent in this regressive era of gross oppression. Its time we be the change.

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