Pride

... he has scattered the proud in their conceit.

 - From Luke 1

Social Justice Warriors may have all the right goals. They just don't have the tools, and they don't have the patience.

God has promised to make things right. He's going to take care of the proud. And He's not particularly fond of the rich.

There are plenty of connection points between the Lord and SJWs. They would have a lot to talk about.

The problem is, SJWs can't wait, and they get so impatient that they want action now. But when they say action, they really mean, vengeance. They have resentments going back to childhood, and they want the prideful people in their past, that hurt them, to pay . . . even if they have to take some innocent people along with the carnage.

The middle initial stands for "justice," but they really don't want justice for everybody. They want payback for those that offended or hurt them. 

God's got this. But you've gotta wait!

And God actually will be fair. He will be just, because, well . . . everybody's prideful, perhaps especially SJWs. They are so certain of their own rightness, that the best word to describe it surely must be "pride."

I'm fighting my own battle with pride this week. It's hard to articulate, even positive things, without rubbing someone the wrong way. They see my certitude as arrogance, or pride. And it's hard to argue the point. We all have some pride. If people think you're prideful, you can't really argue them out of it.

A sad impact of empire has always been, what to do about the conquered peoples? They will forever be a risk to strike back, wreak vengeance, and reclaim their land. One strategy is to scatter them about the globe. This is what happened to the Jews. And it is what will happen to the proud. This seems to say that, perhaps, the proud need each other. The meek need numbers to make an impact. If there were only one proud person among hundreds, he would be considered a fool by the community. Proud people must sort of cover each other's backs, without knowing it.

Today's reading is part of the Advent season. It comes from the Song of Mary.

Peace and Goodwill to all people! This will be made possible, partly, by doing something about the proud, once and for all.

Good News for SJWs. Maybe.