Once you accept these euphemisms like “social justice”, “gay”, “choice”, you have lost the debate by legitimizing them.
Social Justice is one of those made up terms that mean whatever the speaker or writer wants it to mean.
“Either ‘social justice’ has the same meaning as ‘justice’ – or not. If so – why use the additional word ‘social?’ We lose time, we destroy trees to obtain paper necessary to print this word. If not, if ‘social justice’ means something different from ‘justice’ – then ‘something different from justice’ is by definition ‘injustice’” Janusz Korwin-Mikke
My observation is that social justice really does mean injustice because it always seems to involve wealth transference from the makers to the takers in the name of equality of outcome rather than equality of opportunity or equality before the law.
Instead it seems to be about special privileges for special classes in reparation for some alleged social wrong or disadvantage.
Really it’s just an opportunity for flim flammers and bureaucratic middlemen to make a good living skimming cream from the rich while trickling the whey to the poor.
Social Justice = spreading your hard earned wealth around to just about anybody and everybody else.
We need social truth not justice.
Justice is subjective truth is not.
You might ask the teacher to clarify what they mean by “social justice”, just to make sure it’s what it sounds like.
Here’s how to check him out really quick:
Ask him if the fact that our government discriminates against unborn babies by refusing them the equal protection of the laws is an example of a social injustice.
The Hebrew tradition, the deep taproot of our movement illuminated further by the life of Jesus, helps us define the words peace and justice. The prophets warned the leaders that they were NOT following the laws of Moses. If the leaders did not repent, there were consequences, mainly loss of God's Blessings. The leaders made the choice.
Peace
Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.—Psalm 34:15
The Hebrew word for peace is shalom. Shalom is rich in meaning. It is a comprehensive concept that means: wholeness, peace, joy, freedom, reconciliation, community, harmony of all creation--both physical and spiritual, righteousness, truth, justice, communication, humanity.
Shalom is holistic and embraces all persons and all creation in reconciliation and harmony.
When Jesus taught about peace, he was using the word shalom in all its richness. Jesus, when teaching the Beatitudes, really said, "Blessed are the shalom-makers." The New Testament was written in Greek and eirene was the word used to translate shalom.
Justice
Justice, justice alone shall you pursue, ...—Deuteronomy 16:20
One word for justice in Hebrew is zedakah. The concept of justice in Judaism is different from Greek-Western views of this concept. The emphasis is not on "retribution" (punishment) or "distribution" (fair shares for all). It is more what human living should be like. That is why the word zedakah is not only translated into English as justice but also as righteousness, which means living a just life personally.
Also "justice" (zedakah) is consistently paired with "mercy" or "grace" (hesed) in the Hebrew scriptures. Jesus put them together in the Beatitudes:
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,*for they will be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.--Matthew 5:6-7
Peace and Justice can be achieved by works of mercy and/or works of social action, as described in a paper by Schneider dated 8/7/07.
What is Catholic Social Teaching and Incorporating the Teaching into the Life of the Parish. Works of Mercy (as exemplified by Mother Theresa)
1. Are concerned with the present symptoms of injustice.
2. Focus on individual needs
3. Look for immediate solutions
4.Provide direct service: with temporary results
5.Involves haves sharing with have-nots
6.Requires no change in social structure
7.Calms things down
Works of Social Action (as exemplified by ???)
1. Are concerned with the underlying causes of injustice.
2. Focus on changing social structures
3. Look for long-term solutions
4. Provide indirect help that is aimed at permanent change
5. Involves haves and have-nots working together
6. Requires working toward changes in the social structures
7.Stirs things up
“Social Justice” is the belief espoused by some on the Left that “God wants us to play Robin Hood”.
“Social justice” is a euphemism for revenge.
There is a wide difference between the justice that is rooted in God’s word, which he has given us for a blueprint to a civil society, and told us to work within, and the social gospel of social justice, which is man made to avoid God’s ways, and which actually erodes the foundations of faith and justice.
Social Justice is a heavily politicized term and a mechanism for progressives to use to erode the US Constitution and the Bible.
Ask the teacher how he views the differences between Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr and Malcom X.
The Lord has given us the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s as a rich tapestry of examples of right and wrong, just and unjust.
My take: Social justice is all about equality of outcome regardless of effort. You should have just as much “chance” of success whether you work and sacrifice for it or not. But here’s Wiki’s answer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice
JOSEPH was sold by his brothers, THAT wasn’t very JUST, it was a violation of Moral Law. Then the wife of his slave holder, accused him of trying to force her to have sex. She lied. That was NOT just, socially, against the Moral Code. Then they put him in jail, and his friends forgot about him. But look, the Lord was always with him. So people who taunt Social Justice as the TOP priority of the land, people who are being taken advantage of....the Judge of the WHOLE Earth sees and knows. When it is time, he’ll defend them. Always. Sometimes you do well by learning to serve, learning from the people you are ENSLAVED unto. They may trust you, and put you in charge of their whole household. I’d take my chances going before the Celestial Judge and asking for HIS Justice, than trying to make my case made in a courthouse on Earth. The outcome of a lot of court cases by humans, is that this too is UNJUST.
Here is a layman’s take and this template can be applied to most of the control freaks’ (i.e. left’s) philosophy:
Social justice assumes there is a social injustice that need to be corrected.
What is the solution to this “problem”?
More state control.
Except for sex and drugs because it is a Brave New World.
Hate on Whitey 101.
Social Justice is what you get when you take regular justice and then replace Jesus with Karl Marx.
Social Justice: If you are white you are wrong. If you are a white male, you are just evil.
Do some reading of the constitution. it says the pursuit of happiness (or opportunity). We all are equal before the law and have the same opportunity. The uniqueness of the USA has been our ability to move up and down the social ladder.
When I was at the Rushmore monument a few years ago this has been perverted into the “pursuit of social justice” which means the results are all the same and that is the goal. It means that no one moves up and down also.
Social Justice is what socialist’s call justice and want it for all - meaning socialism. That’s my opinion.
Social Justice is theft from people who work for the benefit of slackers who choose not to work.
Trayvon got social justice.
A black thug was shot and killed while committing a racially motivated murderous assault.