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Breakpoint

No, That's Violence

Breakpoint

Colson Center

Christianity, News Commentary, News, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

Last month, a professor at Hunter College in New York City was fired and later arrested for an outburst directed at pro-life students. Shellyne Rodriguez was caught on video shouting profanity at the students and claiming their pro-life display was "violent." She then shoved pamphlets off the table before storming off. When a reporter from the New York Post showed up at her home asking for a comment, she charged him with a machete.  

Abortion is an example of what sociologist Philip Rieff called a "deathwork," a cultural artifact that only tears down. One mark of a "deathwork" is incoherence—such as calling something "violent" before responding with actual violence, or claiming to promote tolerance and inclusion by excluding all who disagree. 

The pro-life students at Hunter College did well, remaining calm in the face of this incoherent aggression. Their example is one we can follow as we point people in this culture of death to eternal life. 

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With a woman to look at culture from a Christian worldview on John Stone Street with the point,

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last month the professor at Hunter College in New York was fired and later arrested for

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an outburst directed at pro-life students.

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Sheldon Rodriguez was called on video, shouting profanity at the students and claiming

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their pro-life display was violent, as before she shook pamphlets off the table and

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stormed off.

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Later, when a reporter from the New York Post came to her home and asked for a comment,

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she charged him with a machete.

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Abortion's an example of what sociologists feel a brief called a death work, a cultural

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artifact that only tears down.

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One mark of a death work is incoherence, such as calling something violent before responding

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with actual violence or claiming to promote tolerance and inclusion by excluding all who

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disagree.

0:43.5

The pro-life students at Hunter College did well, remaining calm in the face of incoherent

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aggression.

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Their examples won we can follow, even as we continue to point people in this culture

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of death to eternal life.

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For the call-senseur, I'm John Stone Street with The Point.

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