Hypocrisy

I'm not really sure what triggered the topic to write about today for random advice, but it is certainly the biggest of my pet peeves. In my world, outside of actual criminals or other unsightly behavior that physically/emotionally impacts the lives of others, the worst thing that a person can be is a hypocrit. This trumps being lazy, dumb, dirty, or greedy and all of the other seven dwarves of bad. Don't tell me what to do, when you don't do it yourself. I don't want to hear Dr. Phil tell me how to eat, and I certainly don't want parenting advice from Jon and/or Kate. One good media-related example over the past week would be the outspoken NFL players that say they would refuse to play for Rush Limbaugh due to his political stance, past comments, etc. So just to get all my ducks in a row, they're perfectly fine with taking money from families that run companies overseas, donate to South Africa, and do a host of other things that are truly unsightly actions. That's outstanding.

My favorite hypocrits are the overly excitable Christians that love to turn their nose up to anyone who doesn't do exactly what they do. So again, just so I get this straight, the way to heaven is to show up to church each Sunday, then spend the rest of the week trying to screw over anyone in your path, yell at your kid's teachers, and generally do no good. It's that other guy who doesn't make it to mass, but helped his neighbor build a deck then spent the nights last week helping coach his kid's soccer team who really doesn't know what being a Christian is all about.

Those are just a few examples of some of the types of behavior that I find outstandingly bad. Hopefully, you all feel the same way I do about these sorts of things and make sure you practice what you preach before you incite it onto others. Don't be like these asshats, make a difference, be a good person, and try not to judge others without first judging yourself.

Ode to Nader

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