Double standard

2012-06-17T16:30:41Z

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A '''double standard''' is a harsher or stricter attitude against someone else than one holds about himself or strangers. Causes of double standards include a lack of forgiveness and political bias.

Many people undergo dramatic life changes when they wake up to their own double standard, and recognize how they are:

*holding [[conservatives]] to a higher standard than [[liberals]]
*getting angry when personally lied to, yet raising no objection to [[liberal deceit]]
*believing what is taught by liberals in school before believing what is taught in the [[Bible]]
*holding grudges against others who acted no worse than one's friends
*disparage voters when liberals lose, but act like majority vote means something special when liberals win
*immediately believe anything that is contrary to the Bible, yet reject numerous counterexamples to liberal theories
*question the truth of what conservatives say, while rejecting any questions about the truth of the [[Democrat]] claim that [[Obama]] is a [[Christian]]

The son finally decides to return to his father in the [[Prodigal Son]] when he realizes that among the people he left his father for, "no one gave him anything," in contrast to his father's generosity. The son had been applying a double standard against his father, but no longer.

A useful approach to avoiding double standards in family situations is to "treat your friends like family, and your family like friends." Had the Prodigal Son done that, he never would have senselessly suffered as he did.
[[File:Flowchart1.jpg|thumb|600px| Double standard flow chart describing offensive remarks by politicians]]

'''Examples of [[liberal]] double standards include''':

*When the [[Republican]] [[Majority Leader]] [[Trent Lott]] made a remark with racial implications, he was forced to resign; but when the [[Democratic]] Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] made a far more offensive racial remark, liberals defended his remaining in power.

*Wealth by a liberal, such as the tens of millions of dollars made by [[Al Gore]] and [[Bill Clinton]], is just fine; but wealth by a [[Christian]] preacher is somehow unacceptable.

*[[Global warming]]: Supporters of the [[Kyoto Protocol]] (an emissions reduction treaty) say that "[[correlation is not causation]]" when scientists point out the dozens of natural [[climate cycles]] linking changes in sunspots to changes in Earth's air temperature. But their argument for a [[runaway greenhouse effect]] is based on a single period from 1850 to present in which carbon dioxide levels and air temperatures have risen together.

*[[Evolution]]: Ardent supporters of the Theory of Evolution blindly accept any study that purportedly "proves" their theory, without addressing (or even allowing the criticism of) any flaws in such studies. But when it comes to alternative theories (whether it be [[Creationism]], intelligent design, or something else), the same people immediately reject them without even studying the details.

*[[Wikipedia]] is much harsher in describing [[conservatives]] and sites perceived to be conservative. Compare, for example, Wikipedia's entries on Conservapedia and Scholarpedia.

*Liberals supported and participated in a prayer for the late [[Ted Kennedy]] led by the chaplain for the House of Representatives, which expressly and repeatedly referenced the [[Lord]], yet the same liberals insist on the [[censorship]] of [[classroom prayer]].<ref>http://www.necn.com/Boston/Politics/2009/08/29/Prayer-offered-for-Kennedy-at/1251586062.html</ref>

*The [[lamestream media]] are just fine with [[Hillary Clinton]] meeting "with a group investigating the disappearance of [[America]]n aviator [[Amelia Earhart]]."<ref>http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0320/Hillary-Clinton-wades-into-mystery-of-Amelia-Earhart</ref> ''If a [[Republican]] [[Secretary of State]] did that, then he'd be called a "conspiracy theorist"!''

== References ==

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== See also ==

*[[Prodigal Son]]

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[[Category:Liberal Traits]]

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