Cleveland City Council approves renaming portion of Lake Erie in Trump troll
Ohio officials this week goaded President Donald Trump with a snarky name change to a portion of Lake Erie, after the president sought to rename another one of the Great Lakes.  The Cleveland City Council renamed a section of Lake Erie as the “Gulf of Cleveland,” in a jab at Trump’s recent executive order declaring […]
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James 1:19
Ethical application · WEBSo, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
A reader might connect the counsel to be swift to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger with a dispute framed through trolling, goading and snark. The passage invites Christians to evaluate not only the political point being made but also the manner in which it is expressed.
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So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
This interpretation is debated. Christians may differ over whether political satire conflicts with this counsel or can sometimes be a legitimate way to criticize power.