Difference between revisions of "Double standard"

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A double standard is a rule or principle which ought to be applied equally (or in all cases), but which is used selectively to advance a hidden purpose. Conservapedia actively fights double standards.

The history of Evangelical Christians is full of examples of this sort of hypocrisy.

Ted Haggart: One of many evangelicals who was secretly homosexual while taking strong positions against homosexuals' rights.

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 A '''double standard''' is a rule or principle which ought to be applied equally (or in all cases), but which is used selectively to advance a hidden purpose. Conservapedia actively fights double standards.
-The history of [[politics]] is full of examples of this sort of hypocrisy.
+The history of [[Evangelical Christians]] is full of examples of this sort of hypocrisy.
-*[[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.
+*[[Ted Haggart]]: One of many evangelicals who was secretly [[homosexual]] while taking strong positions against homosexuals' rights.
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Difference between revisions of "Double standard"

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