Grace or outrage?

To paraphrase Tim Kreider in an Op-Ed he wrote for the New York Times, “ people love to feel right and wronged “. Particularly when it comes to social media, many people either want to be right or else they want to be offended. It’s easy to hate those you disagree with.

For those that are Christians, though, we’re explicitly told not to do that. Matthew 5:43–45 says:

You have heard that it was said, ‘Love…