The Rules Never Apply to Me!

One of the things I truly love about extremists [insert the neocon whackos] : the rules never apply to them. They are the ultimate hypocrites. Yes, that's what enrages me about them: the garish hypocrisy they display.

Here's an example or two: Terminating a pregnancy is murder, not providing for the child's care (healthcare, daycare, education, etc.) after s/he is born is justified in every way. Murder is wrong, but killing tens of thousands of innocent people in Iraq at a mindless indefensible whim of an arrogant buffoon is the righteous installation of freedom. Being a responsible global citizen is left-wing socialist anti-American gun-hating liberalism, but torturing people against all international law is taloned patriotism soaring high.

And when you call the arrogant neocon hypocrite on the sheer vulgarity, even indecency, of their tightly held hypocrisy, they always don that tattered robe of "persecution." I guess I would find their ridiculous conduct mildly amusing if their behavior were not so nauseating.

Recent case in point: the "contradict myself in my answer in defense of marriage" Ms. California is taking a huge and deeply personal "stand for her beliefs" and her "integrity as a woman." And the little issue of her posing nude and then lying about it so she would not be disqualified from participating in the Ms. America pageant? How exactly does that fit in with her "integrity as a woman" and "her defending marriage?" Oh, I get it. She's being persecuted for her narrow minded beliefs.

Sheer tosh!

The 21-year-old Miss USA contestant has been the center of controversy since she declared her opposition to same-sex marriage in a response to a question on the pageant stage last month.

"That answer, and my commitment to stand by my beliefs, has since resulted in attacks on me and my integrity as a woman," Prejean said in a news release dated Tuesday.

[Source: Topless photo could cost Prejean pageant crown - CNN.com]

Something about living in glass houses... Maybe posing nude and lying about it wasn't such a good idea. Maybe that just smacks of having no integrity and does little to elevate the position of women or even "defend marriage."

This isn't really persecution. It's simply the light of day shining on hypocrisy--that's all. Get over yourself, Prejean.