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Entry: Unclear on the Concept of Ron Paul Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/unclear_on_the_concept_of_ron_paul#12880 Post contents: Could it be that even Wilson does not realize how totally the US elite -- of which he is part -- has lost touch with American mainstream? An important part of this separation seems to be that the elite no longer has any understanding of the traditional moral concept of hypocrisy. The term "hypocrite" used to denote a person who pretended to be what s/he in reality was not. The term is no longer widely used in modern Christianity, but an awareness of the concept still seems to exist, because many people are unhappy when somebody "plays a game" with them. In politics, this emotional reaction can be seen particularly in Hillary Clinton: just about everybody realizes that what she says has little to do with what she thinks. Every word is the result of focus-group testing, designed to maximize her acceptability to voters. Ron Paul, on the other hand, says exactly what he thinks. You know for certain that this is what the man believes in, and how he will try to act if elected. Among mainstream Americans, there still seems to exist some kind of an understanding of traditional hypocrisy, because even people who do not agree with all of Paul's ideas like his a honesty and straighforwardness. Intriguingly, there is no longer an intellectual understanding that Paul is different because--unlike other candidates--he is not a hypocrite. Most people just get a feeling that somehow Paul's honesty is good and morally right. Sent at: 2008 07 04