HYPOCRISY

 Hypocrisy

“A feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not: behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel.”

 There is no surprise in the sad spectacle of January 6th.  The seeds of doubt and anger have existed since the inauguration of the current President of the United States.  He and his minions have been fomenting political instability since taking office.  Their particular brand of hate and unrest have been perpetrated in all departments.  Department of State, as an example, has purposely taken the side of challenging issues as to cause the most unrest.  Immigration, regulation, education, and cooperation have all been caught in a firestorm of controversy.  Allowing the most radical belief systems to be given a stage from which those voices find a place of influence in our national discourse.  As I discussed last week this group of leaders has allowed the lie to take center stage.  What is now perhaps even more disturbing is the hypocrisy of those very leaders that supported the fomenting of doubt in our country.  Do we now turn the other cheek and accept that the newly voiced clarion call for protecting our democracy from the voices of McConnell, Barr, Christy, Rubio, Cruz, Elaine Chao, DeVos is their true belief?  How are we to accept these reborn voices of surprise and shock at what their leader has brought upon our Democracy. 

 Integrity

“The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness”

 Like “The Donald” these so-called leaders have no integrity.  There is no true belief system or moral foundation from which these men and women can find solutions to the great problems facing our society.  With no true belief systems, these people are morally bankrupt.   

 It is the aphrodisiac of power that drives them.  Without a true belief system, they govern through convenience so as to solidify their power.

The happenings of January 6th were so egregious that they are now coming to the fore to decry the assault on our democracy.  Sadly, their comments are expedient in the same way officials bemoaned and sympathize after school shootings.  After the whining and whinging are over, they will return to the behavior that is most expeditious to their needs. 

The challenge of the day is not to build a stronger fence to protect the capital; it is to find individuals that have integrity and live a life of principle and not hypocrisy. 

Sadly, our nation has a history of hypocritical behavior.  Certainly, a reflection on the people we elect to represent us. 

 “… a moment of great dishonor and shame on our nation.  But we’d be kidding ourselves if we treated it as a total surprise.

…right now, and in the days, weeks, and months ahead as President-Elect Biden works to restore a common purpose to our politics.  It’s up to all of us as Americans, regardless of party, to support him in that goal.”    --- President Barack Obama