Liberal hypocrisy is the act of a liberal saying or doing a certain thing for which they condemn others in doing.
Gun control
The Founding Fathers of America knew first hand what it was like to fight against a tyrannical government, and they recognized even before the American Revolution that guns owned by private citizens act as a threat against such a government. The following individuals have either proposed legislation against private gun ownership, or have spoken for anti-gun laws, while at the same time acted the opposite:
Hollywood celebrities
George Clooney, actor
Hearing that fellow actor and guns-rights advocate, Charlton Heston, suffers from Alzheimer's disease, he said:
- "I don't care. Charlton Heston is the head of the National Rifle Association. He deserves whatever anyone says about him."[1]
Clooney stared in the film The Peacemaker, in which he played an American military man defending the country from a nuclear attack; scenes in the film showed him using a gun to defend himself and others.
Mark Wahlberg, actor
Upon meeting Charlton Heston on the set of the remake of Planet of the Apes, [Mark Wahlberg|Wahlberg] rudely told Heston, "It was very disturbing meeting you." Later, Wahlberg would have this to say at the MTV Movie Awards:
- "I believe Charlton Heston is America's best villain because he loves guns so much. Maybe he should get the award for being president of the National Rifle Association."[2]
Wahlberg's character in Planet of the Apes uses a gun to defend himself and other humans from the apes who would rule over them.
Rosie O'Donnell, actress and talk show host
On her television show, April 19, 1999, O'Donnell had this to say about gun owners:
- "I don't care if you want to hunt. I don't care if you think it's your right. I say, 'Sorry.' It is 1999. We have had enough as a nation. You are not allowed to own a gun, and if you do own a gun I think you should go to prison."
Several months later, her bodyguard applied for a concealed gun permit from the Greenwich (Connecticut) Police Department. [1]
Politicians
Sarah Brady, wife of former White House Press Secretary James Brady
For Christmas, 2000, Sarah Brady bought her son, James Brady Jr., a Remington .30-06 hunting rifle, complete with scope and safety lock, at a Lewes, Del., gun shop.
- "I can't describe how I felt when I picked up that rifle, loaded it into my little car and drove home," she writes. "It seemed so incredibly strange: Sarah Brady, of all people, packing heat."[3]
Sarah Brady fought for gun laws to make it tougher for the average citizen to purchase and own one, which was the end result of her husband being seriously wounded by John Hinckley in March, 1981, when he tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. "We hope that it's innocuous and there's been no laws violated," said James Jay Baker, chief lobbyist for the National Rifle Association. "It's obviously interesting that Sarah would be purchasing firearms of any kind for anybody, given her championing of restrictive guns laws for everyone."
John Kerry, United States Senator
Kerry's voting record here [4] and here [5] speaks for itself. The National Humane Society, long against the hunting of animals in any fashion, gave Kerry a 100% good rating during his failed presidential run in 2004. [6]
Pollution
Al Gore, former United States Vice-President
- "There are many who still do not believe that global warming is a problem at all. And it's no wonder: because they are the targets of a massive and well-organized campaign of disinformation lavishly funded by polluters who are determined to prevent any action to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming out of a fear that their profits might be affected if they had to stop dumping so much pollution into the atmosphere."
Sean Hannity reported on Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes, February 18, 2007, that when Al Gore was running his campaign: "On January 27th, 2000, Gore campaign in Concord and Manchester, New Hampshire, and on that very same day reimbursed the Thomas Lee Company $1,400 for the use of their corporate jet. That evening he left New Hampshire and flew back to Washington aboard Air Force Two, the vice president's official plane is a 757, which means that the flight from New Hampshire to Washington, well, the vice president emitted more than 22,000 pounds of CO2." [2]
Oil tanker SS Prestige
Spain, a member of the Kyoto accords, refused to permit a striken oil tanker, SS Prestige into a safe harbor; the reason given was to prevent pollution in Spanish waters. On November 19, 2002, the Prestige sank in the open ocean, spilling more then 77,000 tons of fuel oil which washed ashore on much of the Atlantic coastal areas of Spain, Portugal, and France. [3]
Labor
For decades Labor Unions allegedly presented themselves as defenders of the oppressed and against the "capital exploitation of labor." Labor Unions were supposed to have won for workers certain rights, guarantees, benefits, and fair wages. Union were said to have forced businesses to be accountable for "fair labor practices" and through the higher payscales paid more taxes on income collected from thier paychecks by employers which won the support of government. Trade Unionism had been an important part of the liberal coalition within the Democratic party. In the late 1990's, Unions began protesting the loss of jobs through outsourcing.
By the 21st century, Unions began outsourcing picket lines to non-union, scab labor. The ununionized workers were recrutied from the most vulnerable of society willing to take on the most undignified type of work. The Unions offered no benefits, no healthcare, no job security, low pay, an intollerable working conditions. The Unions likewise paid in cash and did not collect taxes due to either federal, state, or local governments. Further, the Unions exploitation of workers on outsourced picket lines contributed absolutley nothing to the workers Social Security retirement fund. The did not pay required Workers Compensation premiums for a hazardous job known to be risking life and limb. All this, so the greesy employer, in this case the Union membership, could enjoy hjigher living standards for themselves. [7]
References
- ↑ http://www.funnyreign.com/quotes-georgeclooney.shtml
- ↑ http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=2360
- ↑ http://www.allsafedefense.com/news/Outdated%20News/SarahBuysRifle.htm
- ↑ http://www.sportsmenforkerry.com/kerry_long.htm
- ↑ http://www.sportsmenforkerry.com/voting_record.htm
- ↑ http://www.sportsmenforkerry.com/jkhunting.htm
- ↑ Outsourcing the Picket Line, By Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, July 24, 2007.