E9 "Struggle Sessions and Cancel Cults"

Jubilee Freedom & Shalom

Biblical Justice: What is it? "Justice" by the Bible Project

“Vengeance Is Mine Says The Lord” vs “Vengeance Is Mine Says Me”

Restorative Justice vs. Retributive Justice

“Retributive justice is a perspective that focuses on punishment for offenders, while restorative justice focuses on the relationship between the offender and the victim.”

-Cain and Abel (Genesis 4)

Retributive Justice has two sides

1. Just Mercy/EJI Bryan Stevenson
2. Jerry Mitchell/Tokens Podcast

Struggle Sessions and the Knitting Wars

“A struggle session was a form of public humiliation and torture that was used by the Communist Party of China (CPC) at various times in the Mao era, particularly years immediately before and after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China and during the Cultural Revolution. The aim of a struggle session was to shape public opinion and humiliate, persecute, or execute political rivals and those deemed class enemies.

In general, the victim of a struggle session was forced to admit various crimes before a crowd of people who would verbally and physically abuse the victim until he or she confessed. Struggle sessions were often held at the workplace of the accused, but they were sometimes conducted in sports stadiums where large crowds would gather if the target was well-known.” -Wikipedia

Getting “Cancelled”

“Cancel culture refers to the popular practice of withdrawing support for (canceling) public figures and companies after they have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive. Cancel culture is generally discussed as being performed on social media in the form of group shaming.”

“There’s just something unsustainable about an environment that demands constant atonement but actively disdains the very idea of forgiveness” -Elizabeth Bruenig

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