04.26
I’ve often wondered why homosexuality is given a free pass when it comes to moral scrutiny when other sexually aberrant behaviors are not. This is true particularly at higher levels in politics, where few seem willing to call it wrong. I’ve posted before about how most of these people who feign acceptance of it are actually creeped out by it when the spotlight is turned off. So why would they be so unwilling to come out against it and speak how they truly feel? The only thing I can think is that it gets them some sort of moral superiority within the politically correct socio-political framework we are in right now. You know. It’s the one where up is down and right is wrong.
So here’s my theory. We know that modern day liberalism and political correctness was born out of the rebelliousness of the sixties and seventies youth. To be a liberal continues to be closely tied to a sense of counterculture and rebellion against any type of orthodoxy or establishment. But there is a line that liberals will instinctively not cross when it comes to anarchial tendencies. They won’t, for instance, say that it’s alright to murder, rape, etc. But anything else they can find that is instinctively wrong or uncomfortable to the establishment, but doesn’t cross that line, they will embrace into their moral repertoire. In their eyes this gives them the politically correct moral highground. Homosexuality falls perfectly into this category.
So here is the argument:
- Homosexuality is an instinctive moral wrong that makes people very uncomfortable.
- It does not, however, cross the line of any of the universal moral wrongs (murder, rape, etc.).
- It also does not violate the prevailing liberal moral standard of “as long as it doesn’t hurt anybody”.
- Therefore, liberalism embraces it almost defacto as one of it’s moral trump cards.
In other words, homosexuality is one of those issues that challenges our moral sensibilities to the limit without actually breaking any of the “universals”. That makes it the perfect politically correct moral trump card. The problem, as is often the case in modern liberalism, is that it damages culture and society, even if it doesn’t hurt those directly involved. I’ll get into that another time though.
