Posted on 09/01/2016 11:49:47 AM PDT by Kaslin
The reason many Democrats and Hillary Clinton supporters can tolerate her lies, cheating and illicit behavior (private email servers) is because of their affinity for moral math.
I believe that Democrats like Clinton believe (in their own mind of course) that many of the things they are doing for other people is morally superior such that it overpowers all their wrongdoing. As a result of their self aggrandizement, they believe they have a positive moral bank account.
For instance, in the case of the Clinton Foundation, we are frequently reminded of all the drugs they provide to cure disease around the world. They suggest that without their work people will die. In most cases, these statements are made in response to questions regarding what Clinton will do with her involvement in the Clinton Foundation should she become president.
In response to concerns about her family’s involvement (should she be elected) with the Foundation, campaign staffer Kristina Schake reminded CNN’s John Berman about “the life saving work that the foundation has done all over the world…And, Hillary is so incredibly proud of that….It’s really important the foundation’s work continues…It’s going to take a little time to do that.”
The foregoing is short for, “were going to wait until you forget about it and do nothing.”
Half-truths are one of the most dangerous verbal weapons in our society. They are used deliberately in order to deceive you. Thirty-two percent of the Clinton foundation's expenses was used on travel, salaries and conferences. Let's assume the rest went to these magnificent causes. Who could have a greater influence over poverty, business and disease in the world? Would it be a single charitable organization or the president of the United States?
The Clintons should choose one. Clearly, based upon her record, Hillary can't handle both without cheating.
Shacke clearly deflected from Berman’s question. The intent of the question was to give the American people assurances that Hillary would be honorable and not use the Clinton foundation as a ‘pay-for-play’ access to the White House if she is elected president. These answers reveal leftist moral math. They infer that the ‘great work’ of the Clinton Foundation supersedes and overcomes the deviant behavior of its founders.
Many people charge that Republicans are equally as guilty for illicit behavior, sex scandals and lies. I suppose that is true. However, Republicans are never allowed the advantage to deflect from the offense and point to their accomplishments using ‘moral math.’
So, why do Clinton and many Democrats get to use moral math and get away with it? It's simple. All people are flawed and make incredible mistakes. Very few people believe that it's okay to calculate how many good works you must commit in order to escape consequences for your destructive and illicit behavior.
This is why Democrats support so many entitlement programs, handouts, free college, subsidized healthcare and so-called ‘planet-saving’ green energy initiatives. The Left believes these causes far outweigh the damage their pursuit of power and profit causes — especially Hillary Clinton. In other words, the end justifies the means.
When Donald Trump called Clinton a bigot and racist, this is exactly what he meant: She may not articulate that she feels superior to minorities, but she certainly acts and believes she is their savior. Her air of smug superiority exposes an individual who believes other races/people will be incapable of caring for themselves without people like her.
My faith teaches me that all of us have a negative moral-math bank-account. We’re all sinners and are inclined to make honest mistakes. However, most of us are not arrogant (or deviant) enough to believe that we can knowingly deceive others, cheat and break the law and have enough compensating moral goodwill to render our negatives into a net-positive.
It is evident that Clinton (and others like her) believe they get to choose right and wrong because they believe they are better, smarter and more enlightened than the rest of the American population.
Moral math is a belief that if I am wronged, I get to commit ‘a wrong’ as balance. Moral math is a belief that as long as I do more good than bad (in my arbitrary determination), “I am good.” Moral math is an escape from the pursuit of doing good always and a permission to do only enough good deeds to outweigh my wrongdoing. Regretfully, many people’s self-determined good deeds still do harm.
Moral math is the only explanation as to how Hillary Clinton can sleep at night.
Democrats and Communists, alike, use such flowery terms as “for the greater good”; “for humanity’s sake”; “for world peace”; and so many other euphemisms.
Of course, all these terms are situational, and receive definitions understandable to the one employing them, only.
Stalin’s millions murdered, were ‘for the greater good’.
Clinton’s graft, corruption, theft, and treason, yes I said treason, were “for world peace”.
When any politician or national leader says they are doing ‘for’, watch your six, for the six they may have in mind as sacrificing ‘for’, might just be your’s!
Every leftist political movement of the last century and a half has made similar assumptions (including the National Socialist German Workers’ Party) about its rightness and moral superiority. Everyone of them has brought tragedy to the nation it has governed (misgoverned), usually on a grand scale.
When one leaves behind God-given moral principles, the only thing left is man-made moral principles, which change according to circumstance. The left is, by its very nature, opposed to the very idea of God.
I believe the communist phraseology was...the end justifies the means.
Moral relativism is collective insanity/ignorance/stupidity - there CANNOT be My truth, and Your truth.
There is; and ever must be, only ONE Truth :
Et Via, Et Veritas, Et Vida. †
I honestly think...they are sick and heartless...for real...I don’t think Stalin used moral math
Apart from a transcendent God there can be no objective morality. And if there is no objective morality (ie. moral relativism) then might makes right and the ends justify the means.
“Moral Math” is sheer self-righteousness.Real math says that if Hillary received anything, in any form from any foreign government without first asking Congress, “Mother, may I?” she is in violation of the Constitution:
“Any kind whatever” includes signature authority over money to “do good” by her own definition of “good” with.
- Article 1 Section 9:
- No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state
Hillary and Barak came to an accord of sorts (not saying that Hillary abided by the terms of it), and Hillary’s nomination to Secretary of State was consented to by the Senate. But that did not constitute and act of Congress as a whole - and certainly not a blanket permission to accept fabulous sums from governments with whom it Hillary’s duty was to negotiate on behalf of the United States.
Under the Constitutional provision above, the legal presumption is that she “did right well” rather than doing good. The first consequence must be that the Clintons divest themselves of all control - and even of the name - of the Clinton Foundation. You or I might have had the right to do what Hillary did; the Secretary of State or a US Senator, her previous gig - does not.
OK. I will play this silly game. Please list all the GOOD things Hillary is responsible for.
Note: Prepare to see a very short list.
The left’s leaders’ and supporters’ religion is government. Any injustices or inequities is not their responsibility because they vote the right way. They believe they are moral because of the way they vote and they complete a few good deeds such as recycling, buying smaller cars, and/or do not use paper or plastic bags and are not judgmental about many sins. This makes them good people. In their mind god,(if they even think he exists) can’t help but reward them because they are good.
dear hetero,
One plus one equals three, as we humans well know and have practiced for ages.
The words ‘truth’ and ‘point-of-view’, once well defined and exercised accordingly, have become so twisted in this present time.
Facts can always be ignored. Ask any politician or climate claimer.
“we are frequently reminded of all the drugs they provide to cure disease around the world.”
What drugs, and where exactly did this happen ?
I bet they built as many 'houses' as they handed out in 'drugs' to cure AIDS.
She never posed nude for PLAYBOY.
That was painful. I surrender.
The Left believes in themselves, not blindly in government. They certainly do not believe in government when a Republican is in charge. Then they “patriotically dissent.” They think that they know better than anyone else. They feel morally superior by giving away other people’s money, and that “goodness” then lets them justify their own personal sinful behaviors, such as illicit sex. It really is satanic. They are rebels like Satan was, who thought that he deserved better and that he knew more than God about what was best for himself. Their god is themselves, and so they think that they deserve power... lots of it.
The opthamologists of this country have NEVER forgiven her for this!
I agree with your comments. One question I am still wresting with is how many of the Republicans are only there for the appearance of choice. Some(most?) of them are really part of the Left.
I beat you with just ONE example ????
That’s good, because after hours of research and contemplation, that’s all I could come up with.
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