their values are exposed as fraudulent and they get burned in a way that other people don't. That extra burn is the sting of hypocrisy.
I agree that it exposes their hypocricy. It is hypocritical to say one thing and do another (but really, dont ALL politicians do this at one time or another? (I am not sticking up to them having done that, just saying they do))
However the values that they preach may not be all that fraudulant and bad. I mean, if someone preaches not to commit adultry, then does it themselves, does it mean that what they originally said is wrong? How about not lying? Or cheating? But I do think that the values that they hold themselves to personally on the inside would be exposed as not good values, and not as good as the ones they try to display.
I can assure you 100% that I try to hold myself up to values... and I can assure you 100% that I fail at it on a normal basis. However... I almost always feel remorse about what I have done wrong... And I also know that I will continue to get things wrong. Is that any different than most people? People trying to do the right thing, but still alot of times fail, or let other things get in the way of that?
Ordinary religious conservatives have the same problem; they're just too anonymous to get their picture in the news whenever something like this happens
I am not sure I understand what you mean by this... but I do know that I, myself, and my friends will stand appauled at these actions every time we hear of them. If not openly, then atleast on the inside.
The (one of the) probable ( <- spell check?) reasons that they don't really get themselves into the news or step in to stand up is because no one really feels the need, they think its not a big deal in comparison to alot of other things going on around the world, etc.
Excuses, excuses, it may be said, but still, having someone go up there and make a stand and a big speech about it will just get it even more unneccessary press. Most people agree that things like this should die out, not be prolonged for months. I mean, if it was an ongoing thing with constant coverage, then sure prolong it, and make a stand... but usually they just let these things die off...
Atleast thats the way I see it.
Religious conservatives aren't the only people who cheat on their spouses, but they are the only large group with the temerity to portray themselves as paragons of virtue while they're busy violating those same values they claim to honor. They insist on this myth that "people of faith" (i.e., right-wing Christian evangelicals) are more virtuous than the rest of us. By doing so, they set themselves up to be hoisted by their own petards when reality proves them wrong.
That would be the stereotypical viewpoint. I can assure you as well that the stereotypical viewpoint, from THEIR view, is that athiests are just a bunch of chaos-loving anarchists wanting to kill God.
let me put it simple because I am getting sick of typing ( =D ):
I have values, you have values, we all have values. The difference between the average person standing in the left or the right isn't the values they have.
However because of difference of opinion on how to achieve these values and political and social "nirvanas", so to speak, is what distorts each side's view of eachother.
The real Serge would never hitch himself to their wagon. Maybe you're just unhappy with me for not making some kind of disclaimer to the effect of "not all religious conservatives are hypocrites." Very well: not all are. Better than that, I cannot and will not concede to you. The Sanfords of the world make their own choices every day. I am merely a witness to their hypocrisy. I happen to be a person of strong principles, and it disgusts me when people claim to be something other than what they are, especially when they do so willfully for the purpose of advancing their power and prestige. He was setting himself up to run for president. You bet that we would have heard that "family values" drivel from him until our ears bled. But obviously he wanted to have an affair more than he wanted to be president, and this time justice was served. Good. If you're a religious conservative yourself, maybe you can learn something about what not to do with your life.
The way I see it... Politics (and politicians) is a bitch.
The worst thing about politics is that the wrongs that occur in the lives of the politicians are then put togethor and seen as social misbehaviors of their entire party and its purveyors.
Politicians are often known to be scheming and lying bastards that have alterior motives... so Its no suprise to me that they would do something like that.
I would bet that just as many politicians on the left cheat as much or similar to those on the right.
However, what sets the right apart from the left is that most of the people in the right are Christian in contrast to the left.
The problem TRULY comes from the stereotypical outside view of Christians being "stuck up condemning bastards who think they're better than everyone else", which often comes from the kind of rare "Christian" that goes to and protest soldier's funerals by blaming it on homosexuals. I don't associate myself with those people, and I don't even associate my beliefs to theirs, because honestly I don't understand how anyone could fuck up the Bible so much to believe something like that. Or atleast, not without also believing some sort of other chaotic beliefs. (You can't misinterpert and misuse THAT MUCH of it without misinterperting ALOT of other parts of it as well).
If you wish to know... I'm pretty sure I don't really know any of those kinds of people...
The stereotypical view of Christians as being the stuck-up so-called moralistic people is what causes the media to focus upon all of the transgressions of the right much more than that of the left. The media might not even be doing it because they want to insult the right, or the religion, but just even for the drama and the ratings, or maybe even just for the hell of it!
Look... I'm not saying I stick up for that guy's actions (I don't, at all). And I'm not trying to be like "d00d im rite and this is y!".
I'm just trying to... I don't know... I guess I could be trying to show you who I am, who my friends are, and what I believe, I don't know...
I mean... I think you understand what I am saying... right?
