ManusJustus said:
We all know that dirty politics is used by both sides. That said, I think hypocrisy is the best means of personal attacks. Good examples of this is O'Donnell who is a Christian nut who practiced withcraft and Satanism and numerous conservative anti-gay activists who turn out to love the penis themselves. John Kerry's hypocrisy hurt him a lot too, as does Al Gore's power gussling mansion. The fact that when Obama went to elementary school in Indonesia when he is five years old is not going to influence anybody's mind, and for those close minded enough to worry about such things they would have already been against him anyway. |
While it is certainly not true of all hypocrites, I think the cases of anti-gay activists who are involved in same-sex sexual relations tend to be exhibiting a psychological defence mechanism called displacement. While this is an over simplification, these people believe that homosexuality is immoral but have a strong urges for same sex sexual relations, so they transfer these impulses towards fighting homosexuality; and since this only partially works, they end up acting on their impulses.
