What's the difference between turning the other cheek and being a slave?

[APeacefulWarrior]

I agree sometimes sometimes the smacketh has to be layed down. Get hat otr del in line. Now I'm not talking violence. But a real mirroring to that person. Show them what ere putting out. I've met a couple older people around me, that I can tell never had a good mirroring. They obscure the line of self correction and growth, and talk non stop about everyone else around them.,..the level of this gossip is crazy. Literally all I hear all day from this group of individuals is about Bobby down he street, and Lisa next door, and this and fucking that. I do not have a position to stop or change this. Nor is it my responsibility. However sometimes I just wanna screammmm "so fuckin what?"

I'm honestly not trying to pick on you, but I just wanted to point out...  in this post, you are doing exactly what you criticize your neighbors for doing.  You're mirroring them, for certain, but probably not in the way you intended.  It's kind of a good example of how easy it can be for someone to start taking on negative attributes, if they focus too much on perceived negativity around them.

After all, at least in my experience, most people who gossip nonstop are deeply insecure and usually quite lonely.  Their behaviors are caused by a lack of love in their lives, one way or another.  "Laying the smacketh down" isn't going to do anything but make that unloved feeling worse, and gossiping about them really just encourages more gossiping.  It's a situation where the old adage about "If you haven't got anything nice to say..." is probably good advice.