Turn the other cheek is in reference to not seeking personal vengeance against someone who has slighted you. The meaning is antithetical to "eye for an eye" and for good reason.
Turn the other cheek is not however in reference to allowing malicious actors to perpetrate crimes against you, your family, your community, or any other man without repercussion. If it was, it would fundamentally nullify any concept of law and order.
There were rebellions by new religions all the time. Look at Gamaliel's reference to Theudas in Acts.
It's fine to defend one's family and the helpless. It's not fine to just say to hell with the hard bits like turning the other cheek.
Turn the other cheek is in reference to not seeking personal vengeance against someone who has slighted you. The meaning is antithetical to "eye for an eye" and for good reason.
Turn the other cheek is not however in reference to allowing malicious actors to perpetrate crimes against you, your family, your community, or any other man without repercussion. If it was, it would fundamentally nullify any concept of law and order.
That's true. We have a duty to defend our families. Last I heard, that didn't extend to wiping out ethnic groups.
Who said anything about wiping out ethnic groups?
The OP, and any number of similar quasi-Christian antisemitic types before him.