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Immorality is Not a Virtue

Domenick J. Maglio, Ph.D. Cultural Warrior

Idaho senator, Lawrence Craig, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct after being apprehended for soliciting sex with a male police officer. After several months it became public. Only then did he tell his family and the nation that his agreement to plead guilty was the result of being in a panic state.

Senator Craig’s attempt to recant his guilty plea is either an indication of a weak minded, confused person or one with little dignity attempting to weasel out of immoral behavior, he has adamantly condemned. Sinning is human. Squirming out of punishment is pathetic and shameless.

Many pundits sidestepped his immoral behavior and instead focused on the hypocrisy of his being a proponent of family values. This was the sentiment given by ABC reporter, Brian Ross and Hustler Magazine owner and self-proclaimed deviant, Larry Flynt concerning “outing” Louisiana Senator David Vitter in the D.C. Madam scandal. They say they only want to expose hypocrisy, not someone’s sex life. These commentators indicate that without his advocating morals there would not be a story. Many in the media would shield this same scenario committed by a person either silent on family values or a supporter of deviant or criminal rights.

The bigger story is if we continue down the path of only focusing on the phony hypocrites and ignoring or even exalting deviance we will end in decadence and chaos.

This continued discrediting of individuals who voice moral concerns that show any imperfections (like Rush Limbaugh taking prescription drugs for pain) will convince people to suppress their moral beliefs to avoid the dangers of being potentially disgraced of failing to live up to them. Anyone who is a proponent of morals will be stigmatized as another hypocrite. All self-righteous individuals, no matter how noble their lives, will be viewed as despicable phonies. They will refuse to seek public service and be reluctant to voice their beliefs. Many decent people will be intimidated into self-censorship.

Even Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a saint in many people’s minds, after her death is under attack because she had doubts about God in her darkest moments. Her truthfulness has been used by secularists to discredit her honorable struggle to purify her human shortcomings. In the minds of many intellectuals there is no difference between a saint and a vile criminal because neither is perfect.

The only way of preventing hypocrisy is to eliminate standards. This is what is taking place here in the United States. There are many people who are unable or unwilling to accept or adopt moral standards. Progressive secular intellectuals have persuaded them that being non-judgmental about evil behavior is a sign of goodness in the form of tolerance: a virtue. These moral relativists have used Hollywood, music and the education industries to propagandize the public even when a person openly advocates a crime or an immoral act. They have the same legal rights and respect due a person sacrificing for the well being of others.

According to their convoluted thinking, it is a heroic act for sociopathic people to exercise their right to freedom of speech in advocating for immoral and criminal behavior. It blurs the difference between good and evil through subtle and blatant lies like Iran’s president, Ahmadinejad, recently did at Columbia University and the U.N. The merging of bad into good increases acceptance for all behavior and thinking. Blind tolerance will produce a peaceful world.

The reality will be the opposite. Historically moral relativism and non-judgmental thinking leads to internal weakness, chaos and eventual defeat at the hands of foreigners.

People living a life of sin will attack followers of God who define the sinner’s behavior as sinful. The deviants will become emboldened. Persecution of goodness will restrict the expression and ultimately the followers of moral righteousness. Individuals without a conscience will lead us on a path of accepting good as evil and evil as good. The evil will have no fear of retribution for harming others. Criminality and deviance will become the new virtues.

Immorality is not a virtue no matter the creativity of the lie.