A local Republican politician and pro-life supporter is accused of fathering a child with his girlfriend and then paying for her abortion. A friend of mine pointed out the hypocrisy and asked why all hypocrites seem to be Republicans. I answered by saying Republicans take moral stances and when you stand for something it’s easy to fall down. Democrats have no morals, they stand for nothing (or everything) and therefore can’t be hypocrites—I know, I know I’m generalizing, but you get my gist.
I look at the politicians actions in another way. It’s very easy, in comfortable surrounding and from a safe distant, to champion firm and fixed positions on controversial issues. It is entirely another matter when you’re involved in one of those controversial issues. Meaning, it’s easy to be pro-life when your daughter HASN’T been impregnated by her rapist; it’s easy to be pro-choice when your daughter WILL survive childbirth; it’s easy to oppose euthanasia when a parent ISN’T dying and suffering from a horrible disease; it’s easy to support euthanasia when a parent IS dying and suffering from a horrible disease. Issues are always easier on the macro level then on the micro level; important and life altering decisions are always easier when you have no personal involvement in the outcome.
Whether or not the aforementioned politician should have or shouldn’t have been implicit in his girlfriend’s abortion (after all these are just allegations at this point) is irreverent to my point. What I’m trying to say is it’s easier to be for or against something when that something doesn’t involve you. That is real lesson one should take from the actions of hypocrites.
