Thursday, March 11, 2010

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caring for the poor

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posted by Carmen @ 11:04 AM   1 comments

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At 5:51 PM, Blogger mark said...

Nice to see a little history lesson on the term, but (again) this "deeper historical issue" has been going on since that first Catholic encyclical in the 1880's (which in fact it was written about). Namely, "Liberalism" whereby the church is actually supposed to feed the poor, and Fundamentalism, which took the **prevailing social position** of "People cannot be saved/changed, only the poor children; so let the children be placed in orphanages & the sinful parents rot & die in their sin."

The issue remains, the positions have shifted a bit, and the contexts have certainly changed. "Social justice" is often concerned with "emerging markets/democracies" (not in the US).

Notice the "liberal" position hasn't changed: feed the hungry. The "conservative" approach rejects the action & favors a wacky idealism (it always has).

Finally, the American fear-mongering over fascism is approaching ridiculous proportions. The Conservatives fear being overrun by the government, and have no concern for the people. The Liberals are concerned not of gov't takeover, but of Conservative mindlessness.

Both sides fear a lack of freedom, just of opposite forms.

 

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