A little
more on words matter before I go on to other issues. As I stated in a previous
post the president has said on more than one occasion that words matter. I
fully agree and want take a look a popular phrase he and his progressive
friends use. It is a simple phrase and again on the surface it appears innocent
and appeals to the average compassionate American.
The phrase is “social justice” and is often
used in the same vain as economic justice and environmental justice. So what is
social justice and is it possible to achieve. It assumes that somehow it is
possible to make a fair and equal society. It would mean that people with
greater abilities and stronger work ethics would not be allowed to “play”
according to their abilities but would be mandated to perform at the same level
as those less endowed or less ambitious. The rules would necessarily be
different for everyone so that there would be “equality” among all players.
However the president also says that he wants everyone to play by the same rules,
so I think he has a problem on this one!
The reality is, while I believe all men are created
equal that does not mean all are equal in their abilities in all areas of life.
It means that all men are ontologically equal. No man, woman or child is more
or less human than another and therefore are equal. To try to make them
socially equal is impossible to achieve!
So what is going on with this line of rhetoric!
I believe it is more divisive politics designed to confuse the masses and make
them believe that somehow they have been denied a basic civil or social right
by someone who is more adept in certain areas of the economic system. The truth
is the term social justice is meaningless! There is not now, nor will there
ever be a socially equal society any more than there can be a society of equal
economic status or an environmentally equal world. Even Jesus told his
disciples the poor will always be with you.
I believe those, or at least some of those,
who are actively promoting these ideals believe they are championing a noble cause. While the rest are using them
as useful idiots to gain power and wealth, they truly desire to see a fair and
just world. They are trying to build a utopia on earth that cannot be built by
human efforts. The dream is derived from the principles seen in the 1st
century church where the believers thought of each other as more important than
themselves. They would give up their own possessions to help a fellow believer.
The problem the progressives have is simple. The early church did what they did
because they understood what love was and they acted out of that love. The
progressives want to legislate a heart motive and that simply cannot be done.
Trying to force someone to do good always causes men to resist and in many
cases rebel against the system. This is why no matter what laws are passed or
what taxes are imposed there is always someone who looks for or devises a
loophole around such legislation.
But I digress! My point in all this is that we
must understand that those with an agenda different than that of our founders
are wiley and deceitful and know a lot about the American heart and are masters
at manipulating emotions to achieve their goal of self-wealth, power and
control over the public. It is of the utmost importance that we understand the rhetoric
of the progressives and are using critical thinking when we listen to them
speak.
Though their goal is to fundamentally
transform America into a Socialist/Marxist
nation, we must fight with every ability we have to restore America.
SAVING AMERICA must be at the heart of all we do for the sake of our
descendants.
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