Hypocrites

hypocrite

1.	a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.

2.	a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, esp. one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hypocrite

 

 

I can't stand hypocrites. For all intents and purposes they are liars. They lie about who they are. It never ceases to amaze me how many people are willing to do that and lie about their beliefs. Isn't that unhealthy? Doesn't that damage ther soul, bother their conscience? Perhaps they have no soul and are without conscience. Yes, there are quite a few psychpaths running around out there.

 

I have met quite a few hypocrites in recent years (oh, they didn't come off that way at first but slowly their true natures reveal themselves). I just bothers me that there are people like this out there and they are in good standing in their communities and among their peers. Heck, they run this country - hypocrites. This is demoralizing, it makes you not care about anything. This hurts me on a personal level (I worry about the children and future generations - you can indeed see where this has been passed through families) I struggle with it on a daily basis. Perhaps I was naive before, I thought most people were like me. I was always taught to be honest, be true to yourself, work hard to get ahead, to be humble (ok sometimes I fail at this ) , and don't pretend to be something you are not. I guess all these values are old-fahioned, out-dated, and out of fashion (maybe they were never in).

 

Ok, I am not perfect. There are times, like political discussions, where it is best not to say anything about how you feel. Just walk away (like when people start their racist talk - nothing ever gets through to people like that) if you know you can't keep your cool. But overall, if something is important to me I will speak out about it. Above everything, I strive not to misrepresent who I am and what my beliefs are. I would think that is what most people who live in a free society would/should do but I guess that is not the case. I always hope for the best though. Yes, there is always hope.

 

 

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

Tennessee Williams

 

What makes it so plausible to assume that hypocrisy is the vice of vices is that integrity can indeed exist under the cover of all other vices except this one. Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

Hannah Arendt

 

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

Adlai E. Stevenson

 

Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty.

Raisa Gorbachev