As
a parent, I have always understood the importance of 'leading by
example' with my children. After all, there is nothing worse than that
awkward moment when your child witnesses you betraying your own words
and standards and admonishes you for it. As most people know, kids have
an innate ability to sniff out hypocrisy and tend to become angry with a
sense of injustice for the suspect adults contradictory behavior. But,
as children become adults, sometimes that strong principle of "lead by
example" gets thrown by the wayside in favor of opportunity and
expediency and is replaced with the principle of 'do as I say, not as I
do.'
No better example of this hypocrisy can be found than in Hollywood. We see it on a daily basis in movies and television programming. But the Hollywood "do as I say not as I do" hypocrisy reaches epic proportions every four years during the presidential election as many A-list actors and actresses become professional activists and lobbyists lending their fame to their candidates of choice -- along with their radical agendas.
With Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and endless celebrity websites and magazines, celebrities now have their own mobile pulpits to proselytize the masses with their "get out the vote" campaigns and endless media blitzes to convince people to vote for the liberal agenda. But do they "lead by example" and live the beliefs they promote to the masses, or do they live by the philosophy of "do as I say not as I do?" Should you vote with these high-profile actors who tell you to vote for tolerance of others, the environment, women's rights to choose, and against 'greedy' Wall Street wealth? Or will you watch their actions -- Hollywood wealth invested in 'greedy' Wall Street, intolerance of people's views other than their own, their large carbon footprints in the form of energy-sucking homes and private jets. How about their actions that favor a woman's rights only when that woman chooses to support their pro-abortion agenda?
No better example of this hypocrisy can be found than in Hollywood. We see it on a daily basis in movies and television programming. But the Hollywood "do as I say not as I do" hypocrisy reaches epic proportions every four years during the presidential election as many A-list actors and actresses become professional activists and lobbyists lending their fame to their candidates of choice -- along with their radical agendas.
With Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and endless celebrity websites and magazines, celebrities now have their own mobile pulpits to proselytize the masses with their "get out the vote" campaigns and endless media blitzes to convince people to vote for the liberal agenda. But do they "lead by example" and live the beliefs they promote to the masses, or do they live by the philosophy of "do as I say not as I do?" Should you vote with these high-profile actors who tell you to vote for tolerance of others, the environment, women's rights to choose, and against 'greedy' Wall Street wealth? Or will you watch their actions -- Hollywood wealth invested in 'greedy' Wall Street, intolerance of people's views other than their own, their large carbon footprints in the form of energy-sucking homes and private jets. How about their actions that favor a woman's rights only when that woman chooses to support their pro-abortion agenda?
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