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The dispute in the Trøndelag Labor Party can almost be compared to the KrF riots in 2018 in intensity and excitement. After the annual meeting, it is interesting to reflect on what rhetoric was used to get him elected county party leader.
Most terrifying was how the word “sorry” naturally slipped into the heated struggle for power. Forgiveness is a positively charged word, but in a miraculous way it can easily turn into brutal language of power.
Anyone who does not show a forgiving attitude is quickly branded as a conflict seeker and unconstructive.
If it was a conscious strategy to bet on the forgiveness card, then the people around Giske were close to success. In conversations and on social media, an aura of forgiveness rhetoric was created.
Forgiveness has been a theological word since ancient times. In a religious context, it is about God forgiving people’s transgressions against Our Lord.
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In the Christian context, a forgiving attitude is also encouraged.
Transferring theological language to the political arena can be extremely dangerous. A minimum requirement should be to think who is the one who can forgive? Can a community of parties adopt a collective pardon?
To me, it seems obvious that only the offended or abused can forgive. For a victim, it can be more difficult if an employer or organizational community is going to put a line on what has happened.
If such attempts are made, the victim or victims should at least be required to participate in the reconciliation process.
Trøndelag Ap’s descriptions are recognizable by Christian activities. In the Salvation Army a few years ago, a salvation officer was guilty of cross-border sexual behavior against a woman. When it was known, the management chose to lower the official from the podium, but the stage refusal was linked to the local assembly.
A few years later, he was assigned leadership responsibilities in another country. There were no restrictions for him to stand in the pulpit.
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For the victim and those who supported her, it became extremely difficult for him to reappear as a leader and spokesperson for the organization. He became particularly troublesome when he attended an event in Norway. The woman did not end the process in any way after being exposed to it.
The world organization acted as if it had forgiven the abuser, but if there was any process, then the victim was not involved in it.
A party or organization may decide to grant pardon, for example, after financial embezzlement. Sure, it is a serious breach of trust, but it is primarily the organization that has been affected. Then the community can also reach out and show an attitude of forgiveness.
Violations against a particular person are different.
Trond Giske is probably one of the greatest political talents the Labor Party has ever had. But even they depend on trust. An essential step to regain trust is to apologize for the people you have offended.
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From the outside, there appear to have been no such processes, aside from Giske’s general apologies.
It was too long before Trond Giske and his followers realized that they missed an important point in building trust. Thus, what was already hurting worsened. The victims were subjected to a new strain.
We can only hope that they can forgive that there were unnecessary additional rounds.
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