Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Our Love/Hate Relationship with Hypocrisy
Since Senator Craig is getting labeled as a hypocrite, I've been pondering a few things.
We hate hypocrites. But only if they are being hypocritical about something we disagree with. If a liberal is preaching environmentalism at me, I love the fact they are a hypocrite and flying in their private jet. If I'm gay, I love it when Republicans get caught in gay sex scandals.
I guess, in this way, we are all hypocrites since we seem to love hypocrisy in others when we don't like their stands against us or our views.
Since Senator Craig is getting labeled as a hypocrite, I've been pondering a few things.
We hate hypocrites. But only if they are being hypocritical about something we disagree with. If a liberal is preaching environmentalism at me, I love the fact they are a hypocrite and flying in their private jet. If I'm gay, I love it when Republicans get caught in gay sex scandals.
I guess, in this way, we are all hypocrites since we seem to love hypocrisy in others when we don't like their stands against us or our views.
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