How I choose to approach it is to love one another. I don’t argue. I give to the needy, help those infirmed. Love Jesus all the more. Combat evil with love.
I'm not sorry to say I'm not at the combat-evil-with-love stage. There is a subset of people who I want dead. Not very "christian" or "christ-like" I know. Probably why i don't call myself a christian anymore.
It's due to politics the last 10 years. The hate is palpable coming from one side more than another. However as an activist, we're seeing some breaks in our grass roots right here in Florida
Thoughtful post, and I’m glad you’re using data rather than vibes.
Two tweaks:
“Up 10%” needs the metric spelled out (explicit vs implicit, baseline, sample), otherwise it reads like a headline.
The “lizard brain” frame explains why prejudice is easy, but it can also sound like an excuse. Instincts aren’t destiny.
Also, pinning it mostly on one president feels too clean. Leaders matter, but the bigger drivers are institutional distrust, outrage algorithms, and culture-war incentives that reward cruelty.
Colby, you wrote: "Meaning, the last five years have seen movement back toward both explicit and implicit anti-gay bias". At least a quarter of your article is used to point blame toward President Trump. Weren't four, of the last five years, under the administration of President Biden?? I'm confused as to how you've determined that a man (with at least five openly gay men in his administration), in office for one of the five years you mentioned, has been the one who has done the most harm to the gay community. Maybe President Biden should have done more, before President Trump was re-elected, to correct this bias?? Maybe your article should have included his failures too??
Hey Debbie. You said, "I'm confused as to how you've determined that Trump has been the one who has done the most harm to the gay community." That's not at all a claim I made. I'm curious if you actually read the article I wrote? And if so, are you able to summarize or restate what I actually am blaming him for?
Hi Colby, I DID read the article. And you are correct. When you wrote "The convicted felon who sits in the Oval Office has modeled for millions of Americans that it’s totally fine to give in to your primate, ignorant, boorish, juvenile, self-centered instincts", I made the (mistaken) assumption that you were blaming the bias solely on President Trump. In this current (and ugly) political climate we're in, there are definitely several who are available to
"blame"!
Hey, I read all your articles, even the ones I can only access a portion of! ALSO, I saw you on the Allie Beth Stuckey debate (Jubilate??). This was me,
"Oh my goodness, that's Colby Martin!!" I recognized you even before the introductions. It was exciting to see you there!
You're on rotation on my prayer list. I pray that God will give you guidance in the message you share, for safety in all your travels, for your boys, etc. Receiving your articles in my email is a good reminder to add you to my list. Thank you for responding to my "misguided" comment.🙂
You didn't try and summarize or restate what I was actually blaming Trump for (which is fine, we all have lives.. .lol!), so let me try and do that briefly: As I wrote in the article, Trump has not only normalized giving in to our base instincts of tribalism, but he has valorized them. So whereas in the past, people might've felt embarrassed, or ashamed, or at least try and keep a lid on their repulsion/fear/distaste of the "other," Trump has encouraged people to take their masks off. To openly be anti-
Obviously people are responsible for their own lives. I can't and won't blame anyone (even Trump) for all the actions of individuals. But I absolutely do attribute the normalization of hatred and mistreatment towards people-not-like-us to this Administration (which began 10 years ago, of course, and has only ramped up in the last 1+ year).
Thanks for your prayers, Debbie!
I have only the best of memories thinking of you and your joy behind the desk at SACC :) (which I don't think it's called that anymore, is it?)
Preach it brother!!! Amen, Amen,Amen.
How I choose to approach it is to love one another. I don’t argue. I give to the needy, help those infirmed. Love Jesus all the more. Combat evil with love.
Fred
I'm not sorry to say I'm not at the combat-evil-with-love stage. There is a subset of people who I want dead. Not very "christian" or "christ-like" I know. Probably why i don't call myself a christian anymore.
Live and let live
It's due to politics the last 10 years. The hate is palpable coming from one side more than another. However as an activist, we're seeing some breaks in our grass roots right here in Florida
Thoughtful post, and I’m glad you’re using data rather than vibes.
Two tweaks:
“Up 10%” needs the metric spelled out (explicit vs implicit, baseline, sample), otherwise it reads like a headline.
The “lizard brain” frame explains why prejudice is easy, but it can also sound like an excuse. Instincts aren’t destiny.
Also, pinning it mostly on one president feels too clean. Leaders matter, but the bigger drivers are institutional distrust, outrage algorithms, and culture-war incentives that reward cruelty.
Colby, you wrote: "Meaning, the last five years have seen movement back toward both explicit and implicit anti-gay bias". At least a quarter of your article is used to point blame toward President Trump. Weren't four, of the last five years, under the administration of President Biden?? I'm confused as to how you've determined that a man (with at least five openly gay men in his administration), in office for one of the five years you mentioned, has been the one who has done the most harm to the gay community. Maybe President Biden should have done more, before President Trump was re-elected, to correct this bias?? Maybe your article should have included his failures too??
Hey Debbie. You said, "I'm confused as to how you've determined that Trump has been the one who has done the most harm to the gay community." That's not at all a claim I made. I'm curious if you actually read the article I wrote? And if so, are you able to summarize or restate what I actually am blaming him for?
Hi Colby, I DID read the article. And you are correct. When you wrote "The convicted felon who sits in the Oval Office has modeled for millions of Americans that it’s totally fine to give in to your primate, ignorant, boorish, juvenile, self-centered instincts", I made the (mistaken) assumption that you were blaming the bias solely on President Trump. In this current (and ugly) political climate we're in, there are definitely several who are available to
"blame"!
Hey, I read all your articles, even the ones I can only access a portion of! ALSO, I saw you on the Allie Beth Stuckey debate (Jubilate??). This was me,
"Oh my goodness, that's Colby Martin!!" I recognized you even before the introductions. It was exciting to see you there!
You're on rotation on my prayer list. I pray that God will give you guidance in the message you share, for safety in all your travels, for your boys, etc. Receiving your articles in my email is a good reminder to add you to my list. Thank you for responding to my "misguided" comment.🙂
Thanks for responding! And yep, blame abounds.
You didn't try and summarize or restate what I was actually blaming Trump for (which is fine, we all have lives.. .lol!), so let me try and do that briefly: As I wrote in the article, Trump has not only normalized giving in to our base instincts of tribalism, but he has valorized them. So whereas in the past, people might've felt embarrassed, or ashamed, or at least try and keep a lid on their repulsion/fear/distaste of the "other," Trump has encouraged people to take their masks off. To openly be anti-
Obviously people are responsible for their own lives. I can't and won't blame anyone (even Trump) for all the actions of individuals. But I absolutely do attribute the normalization of hatred and mistreatment towards people-not-like-us to this Administration (which began 10 years ago, of course, and has only ramped up in the last 1+ year).
Thanks for your prayers, Debbie!
I have only the best of memories thinking of you and your joy behind the desk at SACC :) (which I don't think it's called that anymore, is it?)