[Vision2020] Say What?

[Kenneth Marcy]

On Tuesday 09 March 2010 06:02:29 Tom Hansen wrote:
> "I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic
> justice' on your church Web site. If you find it, run as fast as
> you can. Social justice and economic justice, they are code
> words.... 'Communists are on the left, and the Nazis are on the
> right.' That's what people say. But they both subscribe to one
> philosophy, and they flew one banner...On each banner, read the
> words, here in America: 'social justice.'"

Where does freedom of speech transform into defamation of character 
and slander? At what point do people demand that words publicly 
spoken denote the verifiable truth of the matter? Perhaps Mr. Beck 
would be better answered with a class action lawsuit against his big 
mouth and empty head to encourage him to cease and desist his 
untruthful ravings about legitimate and productive local entities.

At one local church the latest Social Justice Sunday involved 
singing "If I had a hammer" and a sermon that amounted to a 
presentation of the benefits of Habitat for Humanity housing.

More than one local church has been involved in such work, and it is 
at least disrespectful, if not slanderous, to suggest that such 
efforts are better described in any sort of pejorative manner.

Perhaps the better part of social justice would to be concerted legal 
action to put Mr. Beck and the providers of his electronic mouthpiece 
on the nether side of the the line circumscribing truth, justice, and 
the American way. More silence and fewer lies from the likes of them 
would be an environmental improvement many could enjoy.


Ken