I read a great comment last night.
"their personal lives are not fair game. Their Hypocrisy
is"
o.k. here's the issue.
Privacy is what most Democrats are striving to protect in one form or another.
Right to women's healthcare and choices regarding birth control.
Right to sexual freedoms.
Right to marry whomever you choose.
[insert your cause here]
Personal freedoms privacy and "The pursuit of happiness" All of that good stuff.
It's all about privacy.
I think you should be able to do anything you choose to do with your body and your free time. As I have stated before: if it doesn't involve children or animals go to it.
I think two people who love each other and are also of legal age should be able to marry.
The fact is that our private lives should not be a legislative issue. Period.
I did not know I was a "liberal" until recently.
I grew misty-eyed and sentimental watching all of the single sex marriages in SF last year. It was truly beautiful.
I always thought of myself as "progressive" "Neutral". But then I had a rude awakening.
Turns out my Progressive Neutral ideals were "Flaming Liberal". Why? Because even though I chose not to have an abortion I believe in the right to choose. Because even though I am heterosexual I believe people that are NOT heterosexual are valued members of our community with just as much of a right to privacy as I am. Swingers? Great.
Poly lifestyle? The more the merrier.
Like it rough? Pull my hair and call me a bitch. Everyone needs a good spanking sometimes. Wrap yourself in tinfoil for all I care.
I am not forced to partake in any of the above. But I CAN if I choose to. Superb.
So now I am a "liberal".
There are other things that make me so but this is not a diary about war or social economics.
This is actually a diary about Hypocrisy.
The right wing of the Republican party is trying to take over the world. So far they have done a damn good job. They talk about fighting fundamental idealism? Wow. Just Wow.
During this war they are waging on the world at large they are trying to change our society here at home into a fundamentalist Christian cult. A Feudalistic society where we once again have class based laws and rights. They are attacking the very basic freedoms that this country was founded on.
At the same time many of them are partaking in the same "Social Crimes" they are trying to outlaw or condemn.
The fact is that this is a war of ideals over ethics. Laws should be based on ethics. Ideals are personal. As such if we are going to fight for our freedom we MUST point out the hypocrisy rampant in the Republican party.
If we discover something about a republican operative that goes directly against what they are personally stating is "evil" it is our DUTY to make people aware of it. This is not an invasion of their privacy. They are Hypocrites. It must be pointed out as often and loudly as possible. It strengthens our position and proves our point.
Here, Let me give you an example....
Gannon/Guckert [this one is easy] writes poisonous articles bashing "Gays". Turns out he is a GAY PROSTITUTE. Was it an invasion of privacy to point that out? No.
Prying into his personal life and posting pictures of his sig. Other would have been invasion of privacy. Do you see the difference? It's not the privacy we are invading. We are merely pointing out where their policy and the reality of their lives are diametrically opposed.
I hope I have given you something to think about.
Hypocrisy is fair game.
Thank you for listening.