Social Injustice

There is a lot of talk about the concept “social justice” these days. It has become so prominent in our discussions that it is being used to make many political decisions that affect our daily lives, and to change our country. But what exactly is “social justice”? No one ever comes out and defines what it means, but whenever people ram two otherwise disconnected words together, they are usually attempting some form of intellectual malfeasance. (See Bernie Sanders’ “Democratic Socialism”)

Justice is a standalone word. Justice is a powerful word. Justice is justice. It does not need a modifier or a qualifier. Adding one of those to the word justice only perverts or dilutes the meaning of the word. So, “social justice” means something entirely different than justice. Therefore, “social justice” is not justice. It is a form of injustice, because that which is not just is unjust, and that which is not justice is injustice. So, the proponents of “social justice” are promoting the very thing they claim to be standing against. I know this sounds like a lot of word play, but it takes word play to expose and unravel the word play that creates concepts like “social justice” in the first place.