Erin’s Reviews > Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk: A Christian's Guide to Engaging Politics > Status Update

With the pandemic going on, I am reading slowly, to absorb Cho's ideas. I don't want to be a jerk, but listening to Trump infuriates me. "When Christians pledge blind allegiance to a political power...and cannot objectively evaluate what a politician states or espouses, we travel down a dangerous path. We cease to see the world informed first and foremost by the life and teachings of Christ." This is idolatry.

In recent years, I haven't posted anything political. I didn't want to offend; moreover, I don't want my largely conservative Christian friends to judge me. And yet, I am offended by unloving social media posts condemning liberals as non-Christians, vilifying immigrants and people of color, promoting slippery slope, ad hominem arguments even as the president lies constantly. How do I speak up and not be a jerk?