Pride

Liberals have an established track record of latching on to slogans and key words and phrases, giving them new meanings and repeating it over and over that they ruin perfectly good words.

An example would be, well, 'liberal', which used to mean things like freedom from government and now means those who call for more oppressive socialistic government schemes, -- oh yeah, and 'freedom' to be any perversion known to man and use government to force 'tolerance' of such -- I would call this license (as in licentous) rather than liberal (as in liberty).

Here's an example I realized today -- the word Pride has been coopted by Liberals toward their agenda. E.g., in the Tribune's Things To Do This Week section (http://origin.sltrib.com/slc/ci_5234797) it lists

WINTERPRIDE PRE-CONFERENCE The theme is "Looking Beyond the Single-Issue Lens: Understanding the Intersection of Oppressions" from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sheraton City Centre Hotel, 150 W. 500 South. Cost is $25. For information, visit www.utahpridecenter.org.

Now, it doesn't give any hint as to the actual topic -- yet we all know what it is.

However, let me add that I'm actually OK with them having the word "Pride". Given President Benson's wonderful talk on the subject I don't really care to associate myself with the word Pride, even in it's pre-liberal-corrupted meaning.

Which has made me really wonder, "What the heck?" when I see all the good Utahns (the moral bastion of freedom that the rest of the world will look to...?) so eager to put a bumper-sticker on their truck touting the "Power of PRIDE". Are they wishing to identify themselves as supporters of the crowd that is in the Sheraton Hotel right now learning to Understand the Intersection of Oppressions? Or, are they just generally spreading some mysterious new doctrine that it's actually good to derive power from Pride -- and flex that new-found Power against sovereign nations left and right, because while it's OK for US to have Pride, it's certainly not a good thing for them to. Or am I talking about nuclear weapons now? hm. My train of thought almost derailed...

So, to get back on track -- This all leads me to the following:
pride = unrighteous
power = dominion
thus: power of pride = dominion of unrighteous.

Who would voluntarily emblazon their mini-van with a big bold "Unrighteous Dominion"? Is that really something to BRAG about? Is that the message a "Power of Pride" bumper-sticker really sends?


Or is it worse? Do they really mean "Power of GLBT"?
-Joe

P.S. Given U.S. reliance on the power of pride, the proverb that "Pride cometh before the fall" can be a bit ominous....