I usually excuse myself from the commandment to love my enemy in the same way that a certain lawyer excused himself from the commandment to love his neighbor: Who is my enemy?
Who am I angry with? Whom do I wish ill? Whose suffering do I dismiss as just reward for errant choices? It is unworthy of us as Christians to think that those who suffer deserve their suffering.
Who is my opponent? My rival? My competitor?
Whose perspective do I seek to dismiss, rather than to understand? Whom do I want people to stop paying attention to?
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