Rankism
Re: Tilting at Windbags: A Crusade Against Rank
The above is a review of Robert W. Fuller's Somebodies and Nobodies : Overcoming the Abuse of Rank, a rallying cry against "rankism," which the reviewer defines as "the bullying behavior of people who think they are superior."
Like most politically correct ideas, this one is one that no fundamentally moral person would disgree with. Who, after all, is in favor of racism, treating women as objects, or wanton cruelty towards animals? These principles are based in the Judeo-Christian ethical tradition. The problem with political correctness is that it divorces these noble sentiments from their Divine source, and reduces them to trite and even laughable platitudes.
Re: Tilting at Windbags: A Crusade Against Rank
The above is a review of Robert W. Fuller's Somebodies and Nobodies : Overcoming the Abuse of Rank, a rallying cry against "rankism," which the reviewer defines as "the bullying behavior of people who think they are superior."
Like most politically correct ideas, this one is one that no fundamentally moral person would disgree with. Who, after all, is in favor of racism, treating women as objects, or wanton cruelty towards animals? These principles are based in the Judeo-Christian ethical tradition. The problem with political correctness is that it divorces these noble sentiments from their Divine source, and reduces them to trite and even laughable platitudes.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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