One of the things I really hate about fundies is how they often try to mask their assholery as some kind of moral virtue. They justify their hatred of gays as defending traditional marriage. They justify child abuse because they think it teaches them respect. They justify threatening people with eternal torment because apparently we deserve it for our sins.
But it's not just fire and brimstone fundies who are like this, it's people in general. How often do you hear people complain about how we "coddle" criminals and how prisons should be harsher? (even though most of the people in prison are in for drug and alcohol related crimes). How about the people who complain about the welfare system and how it encourages laziness? Heck, people complain about anyone being given an “easy ride”. Here’s an idea, how about instead of being upset about people having it easy, why not be upset about the people who have it hard?
Oh yeah, because when people do, the moral assholes come in to lecture. They should have been more responsible, don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time, and all kinds of preachy, condescending things that sound like something from some after school special. I see this all the time, especially on yahoo answers. They act as if they’re being helpful or teaching some kind of lesson, but they’re really being holier than thou dicks to people who have (at worst) made human errors that anyone could have made.
I’m saying this as someone who’s pretty straight laced (no drugs/alcohol), but has problems of my own, I’m sick of people and their sense of moral superiority that makes them feel justified in being dicks to others. Maybe if we stop focus on trying to be more “moral” than everyone else and just being fucking nice for a change, we can make a better world.
