I remember when being called a hypocrite was an insult

I always thought that the Internet would cut down on hypocrisy.

It’s so much easier to point it out now and a simple Google search exposes most cases of hypocrisy in seconds.

But instead of going away, viagra sales malady the ubiquity of hypocrisy just seems to be removing the stigma.

Now, none of the Democrats who supported President Obama speaking to students seem to care that when the first George Bush did the exact same thing Congressional Democrats actually held investigations over it.

And there’s no shame that the Democrats in Massachusetts want to change the law to allow the Democratic governor to appoint a replacement for Edward Kennedy after THEY changed it in the first place to prevent a Republican governor from appointing a replacement for Senator Kerry.

And Michael Moore can charge you money to see a documentary that calls for the abolishment of capitalism and no one blinks twice.

All my examples here are Democrats, but Republicans are no better.

And no one cares. The more brazen a hypocrite you are, the more likely you are to get away with it.

What are we going to have to do to reinvigorate “hypocrite” as an insult?

Make people wear a Scarlett H?

Bring back the stocks?

Or maybe just start holding people accountable again for saying one thing and doing another?

8 comments September 9th, 2009