Bizarre or not, it's the bloody truth and you know it! When it's the last time that left leaning LGBT community condemend the inhumane treatment of their fellow LGBT members in Muslim nations? That's right, never!
What's with this sudden obsession with the 'left' Con? You're giving me a second coming of Ders vibe.
As for all this other stuff I don't really get why you started on this whole tangent or what it was that offended/irked you. I think you're trying to make more than one point, and about different things that don't necessarily relate to each other. To what end though I'm not sure. You say your point is that there are better, more important, things to worry about than a few hypocrites. Then you bring in muslims, gay rights, paedophile priests, anti-christian sentiment, and it all gets very confusing. Luckily for you I have some time to waste putting in my two cents worth.
'It's always the uber christians'. Sure I'll it's not always them - they're not the only ones who cheat, not the only hypocrites. I don't think anyone's claiming they are, but there's no denying they're the main ones we hear about. Being a western country our exposure to religion is predominantly to the christian faiths and as such centuries of history has given the followers of said faiths great influence over our lives even if you're loathe to acknowledge it. So it's only natural we're a little more interested in them. What's more when people put themselves forward as an example or mouthpiece we become even more interested, especially in their misdeeds, because we see it as them claiming to be better than us. So we take a perverse sort of pleasure when they fail or are exposed - especially Australians with their tall poppy.
Whether this should concern or worry us is a different point. Sure hypocrisy is not a 'crime', at least in the legal sense, it is however most definitely a moral crime. It's not a grave or serious crime and nowhere near the worst thing you can do but it is noteworthy. So what then is wrong with caring about it? Humans are more than capable of worrying about more than one thing. Maybe even gays in the muslim world. I'm sure Sorcy has concerns about the plights of her LGBT cousins in the middle east but I'm also sure that her concerns are more general in nature. Why? You said or rather reconciled it yourself. Human nature is such that it is very much the norm that despite humanity's great capacity for empathy we concern ourselves first and foremost with that which impacts or influences us personally.
You touched on anti-christian sentiment and that you feel as if christians are picked on unfairly in the western world while other religious groups are ignored or let off. I don't think this focus is necessarily unfair or that it's caused by fear. I think it is understandable. The reality is that christianity if familiar to us and like I said before its' attitudes and actions impact us. We know and understand it more and because of this we feel we have more of a right to question/challenge/talk about it because we feel as if we have a greater chance to change it. Does this mean we should ignore the wrongdoings of others? Of course not.
There are a great many people not only in the western world but throughout the world who are actively trying to improve the lives of others. These people are rich, poor, young, old, and perhaps to your surprise both from the left and right of politics. They're there highlighting, condemning, shouting, ranting and raving about the many injustices of this world. You may not see them on the nightly news but they're there nonetheless working tirelessly to make more people aware, to sow the seeds of change. Change is both gradual and swift, it needs champions as well as supporters. It is no easy thing however to put others before yourself and be a champion. So it's not cowardice or lack of conviction that prevents us from all becoming the champions you seem to want, it is for better or worse human nature.
What this all has to do with Ashley Madison though I have no idea.
