There is an abhorrent kind of person abound today, appealing to the law as a source of morality after they get their way with it. They are often anti-theistic, or practice a religion in name only, and/or some twisted perversion of it. More often, they only bring up religion to try and “own” their opponents and calling them hypocrites, and throwing it back into the trash once they are done running it through the mud. I shall refer to such person as legalist, though I am not using the Christian theological definition which comes with its own connotations, which do not entirely match with mine. This person is often some sort of humanist and/or social liberal who feigns having a sense of morality when it is convenient for them. If you complain about an institutional injustice that they do not agree with, they may appeal to the law and say something along the lines or it being illegal because it is wrong – if they don’t immediately call you a bigot or an –ist - yet at the same time, throw a fit about tyranny or fascism when a law does not suit them.
Legalism and Vigilantism
Legalism and Vigilantism
Legalism and Vigilantism
There is an abhorrent kind of person abound today, appealing to the law as a source of morality after they get their way with it. They are often anti-theistic, or practice a religion in name only, and/or some twisted perversion of it. More often, they only bring up religion to try and “own” their opponents and calling them hypocrites, and throwing it back into the trash once they are done running it through the mud. I shall refer to such person as legalist, though I am not using the Christian theological definition which comes with its own connotations, which do not entirely match with mine. This person is often some sort of humanist and/or social liberal who feigns having a sense of morality when it is convenient for them. If you complain about an institutional injustice that they do not agree with, they may appeal to the law and say something along the lines or it being illegal because it is wrong – if they don’t immediately call you a bigot or an –ist - yet at the same time, throw a fit about tyranny or fascism when a law does not suit them.