Posted on 03/19/2012 4:49:34 AM PDT by IbJensen
The way I figure it, Robin Hood was probably something that was created by the new ministry of goodwill, circa the Soviet Union 1917.
Social justice is a complete lie. Any virtue with “social” as a prefix is going to be the opposite of what it pretends.
You have it, I want it, give it to me, I'm entitled to it..
“Social justice is a complete lie. Any virtue with “social” as a prefix is going to be the opposite of what it pretends.”
Social Conservatism for instance?
Outstanding! Now if I can just stand on one foot long enough...
I tend to be a little libertarian on that issue. I feel that social conservatism should be enforced socially rather than legally. On other hand, I feel that society should have the power to do that without government sanctions against it. In other words, shunning, etc. works, and should be allowed to work until a consensus is freely reached.
That being said, I think “social conservatism” is a misnomer. Abortion is murder, and it should be neither conservative n or liberal to protect human life.
Homosexual marriage is a complete overthrow of 10,000 years of development, and IMO is a completely unnatural act for which the practiioners will pay both in this world and the next. But that’s their problem, not mine. Mine is when they start to insisit that I recognize their lifestyle as a good and decent one.
What other big issues does “social conservatism”, as a political movement, cover right now? That’s just about it, I think.
PS, as an aside, “conservatism” is NOT a “virtue”, but in this context a decription of a political position. I’m not sure that that is accurate either. The progressive position is dominant at this stage in our history, is trying to preserve and expand its power, and can thusly be descrribed as the “conservative” position, much as they tried to describe the old Soviet oligarchs as “conservative” instead of “progressive” Marxists and Communists.
However, let me restate my thesis. Any progressive position prefixed by “social” is the exact antithesis of the virtue that it tries to describe.
“What other big issues does “social conservatism”, as a political movement, cover right now?”
Schooling.
Socially conservative parents should not send their children to public schools. But instead of demanding the closure of government madrassas, self-described social conservatives want to reclaim the right to impose a socially traditional curriculum in these “public” schools.
Ain’t gonna happen - public schooling is the chief engine of socialism in America, and the government engineers are pulling hard on the throttle. Trying to reform this totalitarian system is a waste of time and effort, imho.
Perhaps only the kids can shut the system down by “going John Galt” on the cursed established order and not attending...
'Social Justice' is more closely identified with capital 'C' communism than socialism. Socialism is a means to that end.
Ah, yes. Thanks. I had forgotten that as my children are long grown.
And lets not forget...
economic justice
environmental justice
gender justice
racial justice
energy justice
...and they’re all about one thing: “using envy to justify parasites sucking the productive dry.”
Now that you point it out - yes. ;^)
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