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Originally posted by: forkushV
...Unless: they lecture others on sexual morality, try to shame those who disagree, and even advocate laws to restrict consensual relationships between adults. Then, if they are Newt Gingrich or Bristol Palin or Larry Craig or David Vitter, or any of the others, they deserve all the condemnation we can pile on.
And I could have added lots and lots more right wingers to that last sentence, couldn't I? Not too many liberals, huh?
Originally posted by: forkushV
QuoteNo, I simply don't think it's any of my god damn business. I'd like you to know just how deeply, how profoundly I don't give a shit that Clinton, Kennedy, Eisenhower, and FDR fucked around on their wives. I don't care that Martin Luther King Jr. did either. It's a family matter, and oh by the way, it's none of your god damn business either...
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Originally posted by: forkushVQuoteSome of us think that when a "family values" hypocrite does it, that makes it a lot worse. It's been said that hypocrites deserve a special place in hell - perhaps literally. Remember what JC had to say about the Pharisees? And derision of hypocrites is a pretty common theme in our culture, from Sinclair Lewis' Elmer Gantry to W. Somerset Maugham's Miss Sadie Thompson to Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and even Tom T. Hall's Harper Valley PTA.
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Originally posted by: forkushVQuoteI never turn threads political, nor do I start political threads. But I thought malibber made a valid point, but he overstated it, and said he should have used the word "tend." So that's what I wrote, and the weaklings who can't argue it are turning to name-calling (see above).
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Originally posted by: forkushVQuoteWell yeah.
Originally posted by: alanleroy
My advice for Democrats and Republicans alike. If you ever find yourself considering cheating on your spouse...don't do it. Either be up front and get some marriage counseling and try to work things out or get a divorce and move on. One or the other...
But the act of engaging in cheating or other questionable sexual activity while lecturing others on sexual morality, or even trying to legally restrict the sexual activity of others seems to be a particularly conservative Republican disease.
Does anyone disagree?
Perhaps you have some graphs that show 'cheating or other questionable sexual activity' is more prevalent among conservative Republicans. It's certainly more hypocritical. But just maybe it's less prevalent. Regardless it wasn't my point. My point was that your political affiliation doesn't matter because it will lead to misery regardless. Why do you always have to make this shit political?
But where do you come off asking me to prove that cheating is more prevalent among conservatives? I never made that claim. My point is that secretly screwing around in various ways while condemning others is pretty much a right-wing thing.
Can you name any Democrats who do it?
Just because democrats don't often take positions on "family values" doesn't make them any less scumbags when they cheat on their spouses...
But yeah I get that you are very forgiving of hypocrites. It shows in your politics.
I'm not forgiving of hypocrites. I am unforgiving of cheaters. You are obviously forgiving of cheaters...
...Unless: they lecture others on sexual morality, try to shame those who disagree, and even advocate laws to restrict consensual relationships between adults. Then, if they are Newt Gingrich or Bristol Palin or Larry Craig or David Vitter, or any of the others, they deserve all the condemnation we can pile on.
And I could have added lots and lots more right wingers to that last sentence, couldn't I? Not too many liberals, huh?
To claim Martin Luther King was not a hypocrite for cheating on Coretta demonstrates the height of your personal hypocrisy. He was a Christian minister who performed the sacrament of marriage and preached morality from the pulpit. How is that different than the Republicans who advocate for high morals in public and cheat on their wives in private? It's not.
You're obviously only in this to smear your political opponents. Nothing new. Double standard Forkush. Your hasty generalizations, stereotypes and prejudice against Republicans are worthy of boilerman's observations on the black community. You're in good company.
The bottom line is that Cheating and lying are wrong. We can discourage it or we can ignore it...I usually ignore it...but no amount of spin is ever going to make it right or make the person doing it trustworthy.