These people aren't Pharisees though are they?
And I am surprised you didn't use this verse to justify cussing.
In some other thread someone used the same verse or a similar verse to justify bullying...
So now bullying, racism, name-calling, insulting, cursing, to hurt other people, to degrade others, to even demonize others, are now acceptable?
10 years ago, to make fun of someone because they were the bottom of the class, would have been considered "bullying." Making fun of people's speech may have been considered bullying too.
What has happened to conservative Christianity? Has some of it gone too far right? Why has this behaviour become so acceptable.
I will admit, I am annoyed, I was bullied at school. And now some Christians are calling this acceptable behaviour.
You do know how dangerous cursing can be right? And I know the dangers of it.
I know someone who has lost family members because of it, but she survived because Jesus kept her alive.
Apparently the power of the tongue of life and death has been forgotten by some.
If you want the Democrats to change, stop demonizing them, and start praying. You should not do both, you should not speak curses and blessings at the same time, they do not mix.
Some used to think making fun of other kids was innocent, some used to even call straight kids they didn't like gay, look at what has happened to a few of those kids now.
Do not underestimate the power of the tongue.