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What Saturday Night Live taught America about forgiveness.

Saturday Night Live, a show built around commenting on current events through satire and attempts

at humor, some more successful than others, is rarely known for improving the country's

morality.

Two Saturdays ago, cast member Pete Davidson

epitomized that fact after making fun of a war injury suffered by congressman-elect,

Dan Crenshaw, a Republican from Texas. After the segment aired, there was an understandable

backlash from people on both sides of the political spectrum,

with responses ranging from demands for an apology to calls for Davidson and show creator Lorne Michaels to be fired.

Both are in the news again today, however, because they instead took a rather unusual approach to resolving the situation.

Rather than heed the calls to fire either man, Saturday Night Live chose instead to invite Crenshaw to appear next to Davidson on Saturday's show.

The segment opened with a bit of self-deprecating humor from a

contrite Davidson before allowing Crenshaw the chance to poke fun at him and ultimately deliver a

powerful call to forgiveness. My purpose today is not to rehash the controversy or even focus on the

interactions between the two men. Rather,

it's to point out that the show offered a compelling and important alternative to the two

most common reactions when someone makes a mistake or offers offense to another person, party,

or group. The easiest path to take for Saturday Night

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