Many parents in this country demand respect from their children. Oftentimes, "respect" means don't say to your parents anything that contradicts what they want to hear from children. However, that is not a proper expression of our founding Christian family values. As an adult, I am not to get easily offended by a child's verbal or other actions.
It says in Matthew 5:38-39 KJV:
Ye have heard that it has been said; an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
This refers to an existing legal tradition under the Mosaic Law, meaning everyone has the right to find anything from anyone or anything offensive, but at the same time, if you take offense to literally everything in life, you are a peacekeeper. Entitlement by way of adversarial habit. That means basically a vexatious litigant, which this command prohibits. Christ did not abolish the Law, but took it further, spread it further, and brought forth forgiveness for sins.
The idea is not to get offended easily by what you see or hear in the media, or from other people. If someone says "I hate your guts", just take it in stride. That's what I do when I hear of hatred from anyone. It means nothing to me at this point how many people hate me out there, except maybe for personal safety purposes. But, it's like a ghetto - I can avoid certain parts of the Internet, and I'm good.
If something I see on the Internet offends me, I avoid it, or else bite the bullet, shut up, and recognize the First Amendment right of the writer or page owner to have whatever they wish on their page. I'm not offended by anything from a child, namely behavior or speech. I am to shut up when I take offense through sexually objectifying means, meaning enjoy what I see, but shut up and do nothing about it towards the child...The child has the right to be there, and dress however she wishes, and I am to shut up and allow her.
The depraved, entitled, easily offended parents will BURN! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
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