This level of hypocrisy has an effect that the hypocrites don’t understand. Twisting logic, decency and truth decreases intelligence, understanding and judgment to such an extent that they actually become their own worst enemies in the long term. The root cause of the slave states failure in the civil war was hubris.
Theocracy is their aim. I left the Southern Baptists over their hypocrisy when I was old enough to escape. Best decision of my life. I am in my middle thirties now.
I think the rampant pederasty among the right wing can be explained by this "will to power" also. Sure, there are always witch hunts for pederasts, but only "certain types" of pederasts. You will see powerful men like Josh Duggar and Catholic priests be defended -- they believe certain men should be allowed to abuse children. Pederasty is a compatible sexuality with "will to power" because it is about fetishization of dominance over other human beings and an obsession with purity.
A quote in the NYTimes the other day that I was not surprised to read:
Dr. Ingrid Skop, an obstetrician in San Antonio who belongs to the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said that even a girl as young as 9 or 10, impregnated by a father or a brother, could carry a baby to term without health risks.
“If she is developed enough to be menstruating and become pregnant, and reached sexual maturity, she can safely give birth to a baby,” Dr. Skop said.
If men got pregnant, abortions would be a right
Men do get pregnant. Except that those men aren't acknowledged as men by white supremacists.
This level of hypocrisy has an effect that the hypocrites don’t understand. Twisting logic, decency and truth decreases intelligence, understanding and judgment to such an extent that they actually become their own worst enemies in the long term. The root cause of the slave states failure in the civil war was hubris.
Theocracy is their aim. I left the Southern Baptists over their hypocrisy when I was old enough to escape. Best decision of my life. I am in my middle thirties now.
I think the rampant pederasty among the right wing can be explained by this "will to power" also. Sure, there are always witch hunts for pederasts, but only "certain types" of pederasts. You will see powerful men like Josh Duggar and Catholic priests be defended -- they believe certain men should be allowed to abuse children. Pederasty is a compatible sexuality with "will to power" because it is about fetishization of dominance over other human beings and an obsession with purity.
A quote in the NYTimes the other day that I was not surprised to read:
Dr. Ingrid Skop, an obstetrician in San Antonio who belongs to the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said that even a girl as young as 9 or 10, impregnated by a father or a brother, could carry a baby to term without health risks.
“If she is developed enough to be menstruating and become pregnant, and reached sexual maturity, she can safely give birth to a baby,” Dr. Skop said.
https://archive.ph/aHKKn#selection-595.0-610.0
This behavior is quite common, a recent church I've been researching, CREC : https://archive.ph/GG4Al#selection-1255.0-1290.0
It's not a "will to power". It is sadism. These are entirely different things, even where their manifestations look similar.