Txroads,
God is kind to evil people and allows them to grow up around us because removing them might damage what He wants to accomplish in your life and it might damage your view of God because some people might not understand but God is going to deal with the evil one day and they can be on His side by their choice or they can be removed by their choice.
I believe in treating people with gentleness and respect but God cares more about you than those who would not tell you the truth and therefore God says to fight:
Jude 1:3 ¶ Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Because I belong to God, believing what everyone says is not how I want to live my life because some people are wrong and they will mislead others to go to hell. Someone who is living their life the way they want to live and those who are going to hell aren't the long term friendships that will benefit anyone.
Chuck