Jesus was not a victim of oppression. By praying for His “oppressors” and teaching us to love our enemies---by not returning evil for evil--- He exemplifies the only way to rise above oppressive evil. He was not intimidated by power. He spoke Truth to it. But He did not hate those who were bewitched by it, knowing that they did not “know what they [were] doing.” To hate the people who are enslaved in the blindness of any form of evil is to live under the curse of that evil. This hatred can be expressed in arrogant or even comedic sarcasm and condescension, inflammatory demagoguery, and/or violence. The compassionate and wise hatred of evil heals the human family. The hatred of the PEOPLE who are lost in evil is a blindness that only serves to fuel the fires of that evil. If we cannot love our enemies as Jesus commanded and demonstrated, we will contribute to the social problems that we loath.
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