You want to be nonviolent? That is good and noble. King, lots of disparagement of antifa and the so-called “alt-left,” a moral equivalency from the depths of Hell if I ever saw one. I’ve seen a lot of condemnation of “violent response,” lots of selective quoting Dr. We cannot claim to be pacifists or nonviolent when our safety requires another to commit violence, and we ask for that safety.Īnd so I come to this-white liberal Christian friends, I’m talking to you. Do you understand? They took that up for me, for the clergy they shielded, for those of us in danger. I asked them to get their hands dirty so I could keep mine clean. In effect, I outsourced the sin of my violence to them. My safety (and safety is relative in these situations) was dependent upon their willingness to commit violence. They protected a lot of people that day, including groups of clergy. They came to defend people, to put their bodies between these armed white supremacists and those of us who could not or would not fight. I never felt safer than when I was near antifa. But it seems apparent to me that the world sometimes does. To commit violence against another human being is to commit violence against the image of God in them. I cannot explain this trust it is a part of me deeper than rational faculty. That there is no such thing as a lost cause with God. I trust, however pig-headedly, that all of creation-including all people-is both capable and worthy of salvation. Let me take a moment to be clear-I do not advocate for violence. They liked that they made you feel nervous. The heavily armed militia were everywhere. They came with bats, clubs, plywood shields painted with swastikas, brass knuckles, tear gas canisters, and wooden sticks. In Charlottesville, my “nonviolent” stance was met with heavily armed men. I outsourced the sin of my violence to them. Posted by Patrick at 05:53 PM * 184 commentsįrom a post by Logan Rimel, parish administrator at University Lutheran Chapel of Berkeley, Caifornia.
“If you feel safe now, it’s an illusion born of your relationship to power.”
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