No matter how much I loathe someone& #39;s actions or ideas or how they& #39;ve hurt others, I can& #39;t bring myself to say "that person& #39;s trash," because a very inconvenient but central claim of Christianity is that, unlike actual trash, no one can simply be thrown out or disposed of.

And a very obvious lesson of history is that linguistic violence breeds actual violence (both against individuals and entire people groups), and that meeting dehumanizing language with more dehumanizing language creates a revenge cycle that doesn& #39;t effect the justice we seek.

I& #39;m all for powerful leaders and public figures being held accountable for trash words and actions. This is not winking at wrongdoing or idiocy. It& #39;s more like being compelled to believe that wrongdoing and idiocy don& #39;t have the complete say on someone& #39;s worth, including my own