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redruddyred

(1,615 posts)
Fri May 1, 2015, 02:48 PM May 2015

took a peek at the rand paul website, and was amused by the emphasis he put on his pro bono

his pro bono medical work.
so he can give free eye exams to illegal immigrants, but can't help them get proper health coverage?
does anyone else smell the hypocrisy?

(take a look for yourself: https://www.randpaul.com/about)
(or, rather, don't.)

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took a peek at the rand paul website, and was amused by the emphasis he put on his pro bono (Original Post) redruddyred May 2015 OP
Well, that's not hypocrisy. malthaussen May 2015 #1
I think this noblesse oblige act redruddyred May 2015 #2
No debate there. malthaussen May 2015 #3
you don't agree that bragging abt one's charitable works due to position of privilege redruddyred May 2015 #4
Tell me a politician who follows Matthew 6 malthaussen May 2015 #7
required a search engine for that one. redruddyred May 2015 #8
Depends on your definition. malthaussen May 2015 #10
got into a minor lecture on spirituality from some customer at work the other nite. redruddyred May 2015 #12
Fancy, smanshy. malthaussen May 2015 #14
I don't like having to be competent tho redruddyred May 2015 #15
Rand Paul is one of the biggest asswipes in American politics, but this is one area where I wouldn't FSogol May 2015 #5
I think he is sincere redruddyred May 2015 #9
Oh, I'd be shocked if he were sincere malthaussen May 2015 #11
Many people in public service on both sides of the aisle have a record of helping others. FSogol May 2015 #13
interesting redruddyred May 2015 #16
Asshats like him always want to exaggerate their personal charity as they legislate blm May 2015 #6

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
1. Well, that's not hypocrisy.
Fri May 1, 2015, 02:59 PM
May 2015

The whole anti-goverment shtick is based on the idea that individuals will voluntarily pick up the slack when it comes to the underprivileged. By doing pro bono work, Mr Paul actually lives up to his own standards of behavior for a change.

-- Mal

 

redruddyred

(1,615 posts)
2. I think this noblesse oblige act
Fri May 1, 2015, 03:06 PM
May 2015

is more to do with the ego rush of being amongst the noblesses rather than making serious changes which will help ppl. which repulbicans are not willing to do.

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
3. No debate there.
Fri May 1, 2015, 03:09 PM
May 2015

Rand Paul reeks of privilege and hypocrisy, I just don't agree that this is an example of it.

His motivations might be hypocritical -- I'm not inside his mind and wouldn't crawl there on a bet -- but the action is not.

-- Mal

 

redruddyred

(1,615 posts)
4. you don't agree that bragging abt one's charitable works due to position of privilege
Fri May 1, 2015, 03:10 PM
May 2015

doesn't reek of privilege?
his wife's bio is all abt her fundraising activities, if that's not a rich person hobby...

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
7. Tell me a politician who follows Matthew 6
Fri May 1, 2015, 03:15 PM
May 2015

At any rate, that's not the question. His bragging may indicate hypocrisy, but the pro bono work does not.

-- Mal

 

redruddyred

(1,615 posts)
12. got into a minor lecture on spirituality from some customer at work the other nite.
Fri May 1, 2015, 03:30 PM
May 2015

apparently those kids these days aren't raised w/ proper biblical instruction.
as such your fancy references are lost on me.

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
14. Fancy, smanshy.
Fri May 1, 2015, 03:39 PM
May 2015

How long does it take to Google something? You could equally argue my fondness for such references makes me a child of the Information Age, since I expect a reader to be competent to look up any reference he doesn't know. Which you obviously are, since you did.

-- Mal

 

redruddyred

(1,615 posts)
15. I don't like having to be competent tho
Mon May 4, 2015, 01:57 PM
May 2015

generally my encyclopediac knowledge of worthless trivia is good enuff.

FSogol

(45,360 posts)
5. Rand Paul is one of the biggest asswipes in American politics, but this is one area where I wouldn't
Fri May 1, 2015, 03:11 PM
May 2015

criticize the fucker.

 

redruddyred

(1,615 posts)
9. I think he is sincere
Fri May 1, 2015, 03:27 PM
May 2015

but deluded.
anyhow I was sort of hoping that someone could help me explore this mindset a bit.

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
11. Oh, I'd be shocked if he were sincere
Fri May 1, 2015, 03:29 PM
May 2015

I'm not the Shadow (ooops, there I go showing my age again!), but it would amaze the hell out of me to find that Mr Paul is anything other than the lowest kind of opportunist and liar.

-- Mal

FSogol

(45,360 posts)
13. Many people in public service on both sides of the aisle have a record of helping others.
Fri May 1, 2015, 03:30 PM
May 2015

Whether it is sincere or not (thinking of Paul Ryan and family washing a food bank's clean pots and pans) is debatable, but there are better avenues to criticize them.

 

redruddyred

(1,615 posts)
16. interesting
Mon May 4, 2015, 01:58 PM
May 2015

it's this kind of hypocrisy (is there a better word?) which galls me most. maybe blindness-to-selfness.

blm

(112,920 posts)
6. Asshats like him always want to exaggerate their personal charity as they legislate
Fri May 1, 2015, 03:14 PM
May 2015

against anything that improves the lives of others.

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