my definition of "loving my enemies," (which is not so much about how I feel as it is about taking care of them) does not mean doing everything they want. --yes. This is something that parents learn, and people with [justified] authority over others learn (or should learn) too.**
I've seen a lot of conversation about the SWLs now all turning to healing and no longer being interested in the systemic oppression, but there's definitely a nonzero subset of SWLs who are interested in combatting systemic oppression, despite that. If some other subset is focused on healing (however construed), that doesn't mean that the work of combatting systemic oppression can't advance or that SWLs won't be involved. It'll just be a smaller group. This strikes me as natural, really: you can get a whole lot of people mobilized for a very targeted goal, like an election. It's harder to keep all those people mobilized for a longer, more complex task.
**ETA: which I realize makes it look like parents consider their kids enemies, or that people in authority consider their subordinates enemies, which--hopefully not! The thoughts about parents and people in authority came from the notion that you're not fulfilling your role appropriately if you see it as merely doing whatever the children/subordinates want.
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I've seen a lot of conversation about the SWLs now all turning to healing and no longer being interested in the systemic oppression, but there's definitely a nonzero subset of SWLs who are interested in combatting systemic oppression, despite that. If some other subset is focused on healing (however construed), that doesn't mean that the work of combatting systemic oppression can't advance or that SWLs won't be involved. It'll just be a smaller group. This strikes me as natural, really: you can get a whole lot of people mobilized for a very targeted goal, like an election. It's harder to keep all those people mobilized for a longer, more complex task.
**ETA: which I realize makes it look like parents consider their kids enemies, or that people in authority consider their subordinates enemies, which--hopefully not! The thoughts about parents and people in authority came from the notion that you're not fulfilling your role appropriately if you see it as merely doing whatever the children/subordinates want.