The problem is the problem.
He was talking about the election, but you know where to go on this website to read my opinions about that. Here I want to make a broader application: that we get mad at the person who’s telling us the truth about an issue instead of facing the truth itself and what we need to do about it.
The other side of this particular coin is the attitude we need to have as truth-tellers, which is to be as loving and kind as we can. (I tend to be an eye-roller, head-clutcher and hair-puller-outer, which is not helpful.) But I’ll save the discussion of that whole personality flaw for another day. Here I’ll leave you (but mostly myself) with this additional thought: Most criticism is at least somewhat justified. There’s almost always a kernel of truth in there somewhere. So how will you react when someone points out a problem?