Moral Irony

"Must men go to jail because they find themselves at odds with a self-appointed prophet?"
--Henry Drummond (Inherit the Wind)

The hypocrisy on display daily by the Left and the Right is sometimes jaw dropping. Take, for example, each side's views on 'morality.'

The Right often seeks to employ government as an agent for imposing a moral code of conduct grounded in organized religion. The Left often seeks to employ government as an agent for imposing a moral code grounded in a secular morality. Each side constantly warns the other: "Don't try to impose your morals on me!"

Yet that is precisely what both sides attempt to do.

Most ironic of all, both sides seek to use government, the world's strongest arm, to coerce the other side into normative submission.

The use of force to impose a moral code may be the most immoral act of all.