tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669068.post109534918861241139..comments2024-03-28T02:15:29.817-05:00Comments on Mouse Words: The aristocracy is the moral standard-bearersAmanda Marcottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05098500818240791320noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669068.post-1136701865623473712006-01-08T00:31:00.000-06:002006-01-08T00:31:00.000-06:00Shop at your favorite stores 24 hours a day. Why g...Shop at your favorite stores 24 hours a day. Why go to the mall when you can shop online and avoid the trafficAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669068.post-1095385483480318162004-09-16T20:44:00.000-05:002004-09-16T20:44:00.000-05:00The Shrill Blog passes along an interview with one...The Shrill Blog passes along an interview with one of Bush's old teachers at Harvard Law, who talks about this kind of ingrained-superior attitude and how he thinks it's the result of bad upbringing.Elaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15009119466346396986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669068.post-1095385184834166512004-09-16T20:39:00.000-05:002004-09-16T20:39:00.000-05:00Julian, it would still be a problem, but a differe...Julian, it would still be a problem, but a different problem. Then it would merely be a matter of their holding damaging, evil views. Instead, they don't even pretend that those views apply to them. It's why the GOP is so appealing right now, I think; the bargain they offer is that you can insist on all kinds of "family values," condemn others' behavior, and nose into everybody else's business, and as long as you do this loudly and angrily, you yourself are free to do as you like.mythagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07138471078836187498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669068.post-1095366615106772582004-09-16T15:30:00.000-05:002004-09-16T15:30:00.000-05:00Of course, the point needs to be made, that even i...Of course, the point needs to be made, that even if conservatives DID live up to their own standards, and demanded that everyone else did the same, they would STILL be wrong. The problem with John Derbyshire isn't that he's ****ing men on the side (if he is) while railing against homosexuality. The problem is that he's railing against homosexuality, period, though I do see your point about class domination.<br /><br />Julian ElsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669068.post-1095355966677038492004-09-16T12:32:00.000-05:002004-09-16T12:32:00.000-05:00"Hypocrisy is more than a sin. Hypocrisy undermine..."Hypocrisy is more than a sin. Hypocrisy undermines democracy--it is a class issue."<br /><br />As usual, you have hit the nail on the head. Here' what I wrote in D.E.D.'s comments:<br /><br />Yes, the hypocrisy has always struck me. I guess you could argue that self-righteousness is just good politics, so even those with motes in their eyes are tempted. My guess, though, is that it's more about elitism -- like the excesses of the old Soviet Communists -- the politicians get to have their sex, drugs, whatever, but everyone else had better not.Fred Vincyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12528613957081740085noreply@blogger.com