Nick Routledge@nick_routledge

Considering Twitter and 'sins of speech' in the light of Proverbs 26:17-28 just now. To précis Illich: "Evil's defining feature? Its disguise as good." Also, St. John Chrysostom on slander as "worse than cannibalism." What shape then, a practiced response to a culture of slander?

Copy of tweet: John D Newland Prv26-"Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart." 6:10 AM · Oct 31, 2014
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Copy of tweet: John D Newland Prv26-"Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart." 6:10 AM · Oct 31, 2014

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 1 Oct 2021

@MassimoFaggioli “...What does our slandering of another say about us? Slander endeavors to establish a chain of alienation in the innermost heart of another, to tear apart the fabric of relations itself. What black magic is this?...”

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Quoted by@aspiringpeasant It's a tough one. The sages describe calumny as one of the most pernicious of evils. I find the most effective way to deal with it is to remain absolutely exemplary in one's integrity, no matter how harrowing the assaults or dangers, for as long as it takes. Let them go to hell.Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @EsmeLKPartridge Notable, that folk on the autism spectrum typically lack the capacity to recognize irony, but acutely hear the depravity, say, of the slightest cruelty or violence masked (unconsciously) within our rhetorical swagger. Just one of the reasons Special Ed folk find the work holy.Quoted by@EsmeLKPartridge Notable, that folk on the autism spectrum typically lack the capacity to recognize irony, but acutely hear the depravity, say, of the slightest cruelty or violence masked (unconsciously) within our rhetorical swagger. Just one of the reasons Special Ed folk find the work holy.