USA Ranks 27th in Social Justice

[Mr. Shaman]

USA Ranks 27th in Social Justice

2/12/12​

"No wonder the nation suffers.

Republicans at campaign stops jeer “String him up!” and “Obama’s a Muslim. Get him out of government,” with no correction from candidates. At least McCain in 2008 had the decency to set the record straight.

The nation is bitter and disillusioned at this time – not because a Black man sits in the White House, but because of false propaganda spun by the right. Hate breeds irrational thought where the hater easily accedes to angry outbursts and violence. Millions dominated by these unfounded emotions become a movement – which transforms into future civil unrest, if not skewed elections giving way to bad choices and destructive policies. One cannot think clearly if overcome by hate and anger, especially if those passions are based on false premises.

And this bitterness and disillusionment directly stems from the off-base religious right. Certainly, Republican consultants may be faulted for capitalizing on the evangelical white vote, but the base itself is at fault for bastardizing Christianity. Jesus is not pleased."

WHEN HATE IS PRIME
(...Or, at least, Priority 1.)​

 

[georgephillip]

"The principal force behind the Old Confederacy was misguided Christianity hijacked by plantation aristocrats in their attempt to preserve slavery – their means of accumulating wealth.

"The principal force behind the modern Republican Party is misguided Christianity hijacked by plutocrats in their attempt to preserve unbridled capitalism – their means of suppressing labor and, thus, resurrecting slavery..."

Maybe the question going begging here is whether the first private fortunes on this planet would have been impossible to accumulate without the institution of chattel slavery?

WHEN HATE IS PRIME | TPJmagazine