Its not hypocrisy
Can anyone imagine the furor that would be unleashed if a Republican group went around outing Democrats who were gay? Ones first impression might be there is nothing more definitive of hypocrisy than this, the lefts most recent action. However one would be wrong to think such a thing.
A look at past events:
Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas – Hill follows Thomas, her boss, from job to job and then low and behold, as soon as he is up for a Supreme Court position out come the horrible tales of sexual harassment, a hitherto unknown term. “Why he joked about a pubic hair on a Coke can, and recounted plots of porn movies……in the office!!!!!” Oh my God, how horrible we were all told. Joking about pubic hair? Porn movies? This will not do said groups like NOW, Emily’s list etc. “Women never lie about this sort of thing” we were all told.
William French Kennedy Smith and Uncle Ted Kennedy – A few years later, accused of rape by a woman after a night carousing at a bar. “Yes, this is a tragic event for the Kennedy’s. Rather than focus on this one event, “we should remember what the Kennedy’s have done to advance women’s rights,” said the same crowd. Obviously accusations of rape pale by comparison to accusations of follicle contamination of a carbonated beverage by the NOW crowds yardstick.
Of course then there was Bill Clinton. Numerous rape and harassment accusations were levied against him. None of these were any less credible than Anita Hill’s horrible and tragic tales. Again, the groups for women’s rights stood on principle and shut up. No protests, no marching with the accusers up the Capitol Hill steps. The women were all lying we were told.
And of course there was former Democratic congressman Gerry Studds – Actually had sex with a minor while in office. Was proud of it. Held up as a pioneer of gay rights until his retirement several terms later.
Yet in the end it really is not hypocrisy, for you see none of these groups care one whit about the constituencies they purport to represent, or abbreviate in their acronym. In fact they are quite true to their cause. For none have principle, charter or creed though they would like you to think they are stalwarts of such things. No, in the end what they are is quite clear. They are simply stooges, henchmen of standard partisan politics and nothing more. They dress themselves up in vestments of righteousness yet they care about nothing other than acquiring power. To win ultimate power they will sink to absolute depths. The only mystery here is how anyone can support this sort of thing and look at themselves in the mirror.
Can anyone imagine the furor that would be unleashed if a Republican group went around outing Democrats who were gay? Ones first impression might be there is nothing more definitive of hypocrisy than this, the lefts most recent action. However one would be wrong to think such a thing.
A look at past events:
Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas – Hill follows Thomas, her boss, from job to job and then low and behold, as soon as he is up for a Supreme Court position out come the horrible tales of sexual harassment, a hitherto unknown term. “Why he joked about a pubic hair on a Coke can, and recounted plots of porn movies……in the office!!!!!” Oh my God, how horrible we were all told. Joking about pubic hair? Porn movies? This will not do said groups like NOW, Emily’s list etc. “Women never lie about this sort of thing” we were all told.
William French Kennedy Smith and Uncle Ted Kennedy – A few years later, accused of rape by a woman after a night carousing at a bar. “Yes, this is a tragic event for the Kennedy’s. Rather than focus on this one event, “we should remember what the Kennedy’s have done to advance women’s rights,” said the same crowd. Obviously accusations of rape pale by comparison to accusations of follicle contamination of a carbonated beverage by the NOW crowds yardstick.
Of course then there was Bill Clinton. Numerous rape and harassment accusations were levied against him. None of these were any less credible than Anita Hill’s horrible and tragic tales. Again, the groups for women’s rights stood on principle and shut up. No protests, no marching with the accusers up the Capitol Hill steps. The women were all lying we were told.
And of course there was former Democratic congressman Gerry Studds – Actually had sex with a minor while in office. Was proud of it. Held up as a pioneer of gay rights until his retirement several terms later.
Yet in the end it really is not hypocrisy, for you see none of these groups care one whit about the constituencies they purport to represent, or abbreviate in their acronym. In fact they are quite true to their cause. For none have principle, charter or creed though they would like you to think they are stalwarts of such things. No, in the end what they are is quite clear. They are simply stooges, henchmen of standard partisan politics and nothing more. They dress themselves up in vestments of righteousness yet they care about nothing other than acquiring power. To win ultimate power they will sink to absolute depths. The only mystery here is how anyone can support this sort of thing and look at themselves in the mirror.
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