There is often documented evidence to show what Harper Valley Hypocrites many of these self-appointed moralists really are. Also, not so surprisingly, almost without exception; self-appointed moralists and morality groups generally tend to downplay the illicit and/or unethical activities in which they themselves frequently engage in.
Another example of hypocrisy was exemplified in the witchhunt of Florida vs. the rap group Two Live Crew. Floridians allow a nude car-wash in Jacksonville, and a topless doughnut shop in Fort Lauderdale, but they prosecuted/persecuted Two Live Crew in what Spin magazine once called "musical apartheid". If the song "Louie, Louie" by the Kingsmen could be banned about thirty years ago, I suppose any song could be a target in the current crusade against artistic and individual rights. (to be cont'd)
[The original version of this essay first appeared in Eastern Connecticut State University's Campus Lantern student newspaper in the early '90s and later as part of my unpublished manuscript "In Mediocrity We Trust... In Debt We Die" And Other Essays.]
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