Quantum Windbag
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Ever wonder who the real hypocrites are?
Its a useful distinction to consider. A particular moral idea governs left-wing views on social and health matters, and the lefts purpose with political advocacy is to put the power of government behind that view. By examining the lefts very different policy approaches to eating and sex, we can discern the features of the morality at work. The lefts governmental approach to sex today involves, among other things, the following:
What if government treated eating the way it treats sex? « The Greenroom
The suite of policies advocated by the left is designed to encourage sex but limit procreation and STDs. The social good, therefore, is deemed to be unfettered sex, while the social ills are the birth of children and the suffering (and infectiousness) incident to STDs.
Lets compare this moral view and its program construct to the lefts policy attitude toward eating. In this latter realm, the social ills are thought to be obesity and the medical problems that come with it. But what is the social good? Is there one? Its hard to say, because eating which can be a most enjoyable activity, and far less avoidable than sex is not, in the lefts moral view, considered a good to be promoted on whatever terms the individual prefers.
The lefts governmental treatment of eating is very different from its treatment of sex. It runs on these lines:
What if government treated eating the way it treats sex? « The Greenroom