I believe in the Golden Rule.
While I am not a biblical scholar, I learned this religious lesson from the great teacher and philosopher who said unto the men who constantly chased, persecuted and tormented him simply because of who he was:
It ain’t no fun when the rabbit got the gun. —Bugs Bunny
Human nature dictates that most people will usually continue to treat people poorly until they get a taste of their own medicine. I believe that very few people change until they are forced by circumstance, the universe or deez hands to see the error of their ways.
I am often told that turning the other cheek is better than an eye for an eye. But everyone who ever told me that had two eyes. Their cheeks were never stinging from just having been slapped. How the hell would they know?
On Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was jeered by protesters as she attempted to dine at a Washington, D.C., Mexican restaurant. A few days later, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was refused service by the owner of a Virginia restaurant.
Many people were outraged at the treatment these Trump-administration officials received. They postulated that we should be kind and decent to people, even if we disagree with them politically. Ex-White House press secretary Ari Fleischer tweeted his disapproval by kindly referring to the owner of the Red Hen as a fool.