http://www.socialmatter.net/2015/01/22/social-justice-selective-attention/ Not Your Grandfather's Conservatism Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:20:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.7 http://www.socialmatter.net/2015/01/22/social-justice-selective-attention/#comment-10272 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:54:12 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=1233#comment-10272 Slavery today is considered evil. Almost everyone would agree with that proposition.
Some people thought that it was evil in 1860; many didn’t, or, at least, thought that the consequences of doing away with it were worse than keeping it.
I don’t think that the slave holders in 1860 personified evil; they were just continuing something that had existed for all time. However, at some point it becomes obvious that slavery is “evil”. When should we expect everyone to agree that it is evil? 1840? 1865? 1900? 2015?

]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2015/01/22/social-justice-selective-attention/#comment-10133 Sat, 24 Jan 2015 12:14:11 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=1233#comment-10133 Social justice warriors will likely point to the successes of the YPJ(with the aid of US airstrikes and special ops)along with the ypg pushing IS out of kobani and the integrated women units of the pershmerga as well as the PKK as examples for why women can serve on the frontlines going toe to toe with our savage enemies.

]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2015/01/22/social-justice-selective-attention/#comment-10082 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:36:07 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=1233#comment-10082 Presumably for dem programs.

]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2015/01/22/social-justice-selective-attention/#comment-10079 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:46:57 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=1233#comment-10079 This is a point I’ve been trying to make for a long time. Liberals seem to view history as “people back then were really evil – and now we know better”, but do they really believe they have more empathy? That this point in history is somehow the pinnacle of morality and up until about 50 years ago everyone was evil? That their own ancestors were somehow more evil than they are? I suppose this is what happens when people are taught history in a way that shows it constantly moving towards something “better”. I suppose seeing it that way is a really wonderful feeling.

]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2015/01/22/social-justice-selective-attention/#comment-10075 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:25:56 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=1233#comment-10075 The Gaza Strip is a good example of what happens when one takes the progressive lead and fights for perceived past wrongs and mythical land grabs, too.

]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2015/01/22/social-justice-selective-attention/#comment-10074 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:11:55 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=1233#comment-10074 Obama just gave African leaders $35 Billion. For what I have no idea.

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