I Have Something to Say
I've been reading several articles on Social Justice and Social Justice Warriors. The more I read, the more I had images of the Taliban in my mind.
Last year, I found a church where I felt comfortable and thought I may become a member, however, they are big on social justice. It didn't bother me, but there was an undercurrent of something that I couldn't name or put my finger on. A tiny red flag went up in my psyche, but I couldn't say why. Well, now I know what it is. Now I understand ... totalitarianism and intolerance for other points of view. Isn't that called bigotry? The very same word they throw around, like confetti, at everyone who doesn't think as they do.
The more I read on SocJus, the more the pieces of the puzzle came together. All the news reports about (what seemed like insanity to me) people being fired for the most innocuous one statement sentence. All the faux outrage and taking offense because someone wore a cultural costume on Halloween, and many other stories over the past few years. The outrage and offense taken were greatly out of proportion to the event, and some poor victims (the real victims of this egregious movement) were now labeled racists or some kind of phobe and enduring a smear campaign to wreck their lives.
Prior to the election, I'd felt all this crazy political correctness, over the years, was turning the world upside down. One couldn't even have a rational discussion about an issue without being demonized and shouted down by a herd of overly emotional and melodramatic bullies, but now as the US engages in mass hysteria after the election, it's all making sense.
The Social Justice Movement: The Taliban of Free Speech and rational thought.
Last year, I found a church where I felt comfortable and thought I may become a member, however, they are big on social justice. It didn't bother me, but there was an undercurrent of something that I couldn't name or put my finger on. A tiny red flag went up in my psyche, but I couldn't say why. Well, now I know what it is. Now I understand ... totalitarianism and intolerance for other points of view. Isn't that called bigotry? The very same word they throw around, like confetti, at everyone who doesn't think as they do.
The more I read on SocJus, the more the pieces of the puzzle came together. All the news reports about (what seemed like insanity to me) people being fired for the most innocuous one statement sentence. All the faux outrage and taking offense because someone wore a cultural costume on Halloween, and many other stories over the past few years. The outrage and offense taken were greatly out of proportion to the event, and some poor victims (the real victims of this egregious movement) were now labeled racists or some kind of phobe and enduring a smear campaign to wreck their lives.
Prior to the election, I'd felt all this crazy political correctness, over the years, was turning the world upside down. One couldn't even have a rational discussion about an issue without being demonized and shouted down by a herd of overly emotional and melodramatic bullies, but now as the US engages in mass hysteria after the election, it's all making sense.
The Social Justice Movement: The Taliban of Free Speech and rational thought.
