Consistently Seeking Justice

Many people refuse to admit that evils against one group or another are routinely tolerated by conservatives and liberals on a selective basis in order to further arbitrary political goals.  Reactions to injustices of various kinds are often aimed at rousing those on the political right or left, not at exposing the injustice of the acts themselves, much less the irrational ideologies that motivate them.  This has led conservatives and liberals to generally confuse working to end the mistreatment of one group as an attack on some other group.  Even if the two parties were not characterized by this grievous flaw, there would still be no excuse for showing higher respect to one non-ideological group than another.

Conservatives and liberals certainly tend to treat specific groups inversely, bestowing special honors on whichever group in question is more overtly regarded with suspicion or hostility by the other party.  There are further nuances to this, but, for the most part, conservatives will specifically excuse irrationality or injustice on the part of patriarchal men, whites, and the rich, while liberals will specifically excuse irrationality or injustice on the part of women, blacks, and the poor.  Each faction clings to its own stereotypes of certain groups and to straw man misrepresentations of important truths.  This blinds them to vital facts about the nature of social justice.

Fighting systematic injustices against men (such as the dismissal of violence against men and the demonizing of male sexuality) does not mean one is not just as committed to fighting systematic injustices against women (such as modesty teachings targeting women and opposition to female leaders in the church).  Fighting systematic injustices against whites (such as the idea that whites are inherently or all racist) does not mean one is not just as committed to fighting systematic injustices against blacks (such as police killings of blacks motivated by racism).  Similarly, fighting systematic injustices against the poor (such as the stereotype that poverty is inherently tied to laziness) does not mean one is not just as committed to fighting systematic injustices against the rich (such as hatred of the rich simply for having great wealth without regard for whether they accumulated it legitimately).

In their petty delusions, members of both parties overlook the fact that both human rights and the capacity for evil are not limited to only people of one gender, ethnicity, or economic class.  No person is good or evil, rational or irrational, or worthy or unworthy of life simply by being part of these groups.  It is a person's worldview and actions that determine if they are worthy or unworthy of admiration, scorn, acceptance, or hatred.  Intelligence is required to see past the asinine stereotypes and biases that conservatives and liberals continue to support, but intelligence has seemingly never been common.

Rather, common stupidity has kept many from seeing that it is both logically possible and morally necessary to oppose any legitimate injustice, no matter the gender, racial background, or class of the victim.  Whoever ignores injustices against one group or another is himself or herself an obstacle of justice and deserving of hatred, opposition, and refutation.  Any emotional pain from an actual wrong that drives such a person to inconsistency is irrelevant to the fact that they have betrayed reason and morality.  Men, women, whites, blacks, the rich, and the poor are all victimized by widespread biases and mistreatment, and it is hypocritical and unjust to show privilege to one group or another.

Logic, people. It is very fucking helpful.