Satire: Apology in Advance for Hypocrisy

 

Denver Mayor Mike Hancock had already appeared in this blog for giving a 'please don't travel and cut the family get together'' post just before boarding a plane for a Thanksgiving family get together..

Per a satire, he topped his previous performance on 20 December. 

He announced that he was traveling for Christmas to meet friends and family and would try to wear a disguise to avoid being seen. He 'pre apologized' to anyone who thought he was being hypocritical. 

He concluded his remarks by telling people not to travel and avoid gatherings.

I'm not 100% convinced this is satire but I think it more likely than not.

Image (which is probably photo shopped) and story here.

 

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 Dr. Deborah Birx is the Corona Virus Response Coordinator, appointed in February 2020.

Dr. Birx is also the owner of an apparently enormous collection of scarves.

As with many people she has on numerous candidates counseled people to avoid exposure. One part of this is to curtail travel. The week before Thanksgiving she counseled to avoid travel and reduce holiday gatherings to immediate family.

As it turns out, Birx traveled to Fenwick Island in Delaware (the day after Thanksgiving) to, in her words, winterize that house. During the work she was visited by her husband, her daughter and son in law and their children (Birx's grandchildren). The entire issue of what is an 'immediate family'.  Birx has a lot of things going on in her life. Her job and her husband's job (he heads a law firm) has resulted in her living in Washington D.C. but her parents as well as her daughter and son in law and their kids live in a house in Potomac, Maryland. She and her husband own this house.

I would give her the benefit of the doubt in this case but I grant it depends on what 'immediate family' means.

The first photo of Dr. Birx and other information is here. The second photo shows some of the other scarves in her collection. 

PS  On 22 December 2020 Dr. Birx announced that she would be leaving government soon. Article and image is here.

Seattle and the Rock Thru the Window Crime Hypocrisy

Seattle City Council member Lisa Herbold has been an advocate for defunding the police for some time.

She also is the sponsor of an ordinance that would, essentially, decriminalize many misdemeanors and some felonies on the basis that the offender was poor, oppressed, mentally unstable, addicted, sexually exploited, etc.

A few days ago a rock was thrown through a window at the Herbold house.  Herbold called 911.

This is pretty obviously not hypocrisy by my definition.

First, not knowing the identity of the rock thrower, you don't know if the misdemeanor would be non prosecuted under the proposed ordinance.

Second, the ordinance is not yet in effect.

Third, even though the Seattle police have been partially defunded, calling them isn't an act that requires the police to come.

An article on this with many links is here.

The image comes from here.

The $58 T-shirt to 'Tax the Rich'

US Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, a.k.a AOC, has been selling t-shirts that say, "Tax the Rich" for $58.

The first image is AOC greeting fans.

The second is AOC giving a speech (it is from the the article on the 'employee of the month'). 

The third is of AOC and the t-shirt.

Some have said this is hypocritical. 

I don't see it.  She didn't say "I am against overpricing messaging T-Shirts. She didn't say, "I am against overpaying for messaging T-Shirts.

She did, however, say that the shirts are not produced with slave labor and then say that you can get one for free if you volunteer. This is closer to hypocrisy but not quite as volunteer labor is not the same as slave labor. 

The fact that many things AOC says don't make sense doesn't mean they are hypocritical.

By the way, the Goya Food Company recently made AOC  their employee of the month because her advocacy of boycotting Goya actually increased sales. This despite AOC not being their employee.

Tweet by AOC is here.

Article here on this using the word 'hypocrisy.

Article on Goya making AOC employee of the month is here.

 

Hypocrisy from Cabo San Lucas

 Steve Adler is the Mayor of Austin Texas (image).

In early November 2020,  Mayor Adler hosted a party for his daughter's wedding. It was a relatively small party with 20 or so guests.

Then Adler got on a plane and went to Cabo San Lucas for a vacation. He owns a timeshare there (second image is of the Villa La Estancia Beach Resort and Spa; it is near Cabo).

As he was in Cabo, Adler put on his facebook page a video asking Austin residents to stay at home if you can.

Adler did not, apparently, host any parties while in Cabo. 

Nonetheless, he obviously could  have stayed home.  I won't give him extra demerit for the video since he was doing 'work' on his vacation and probably thought it was important.  He could have defended his actions by saying, "I didn't realize the danger of not staying home until I was actually in Cabo" but that would probably be seen as untrue. So I'll call it hypocrisy.

 

Story covered by Houston paper is here.

Story covered by Austin paper is here.

Zelda Gilroy and the Hypocrisy of outdoor dining at a food court

Sheila Kuehl is a supervisor in LA county representing the 3rd District.

She once played the part of the super smart 'girl next door who has a crush on the star' on Dobie Gillis.

The first image is from her acting career, the second from her political career.

 

On November 27,  Supervisor Kuehl dined al fresco (outside) at a food court.  The restaurant providing the food was Il Forno (I haven't been able to find out what she ordered).

A few hours after the meal, Kuehl voted to prohibit outdoor dining in LA county until information from public health officials allows it. She referred to outdoor dining as 'dangerous'.

I don't consider it hypocritical to dine lawfully before it becomes unlawful.

However, saying that the activity is 'dangerous' a few hours after engaging in that activity pushes the issue.  Kuehl might defend herself on this by saying that although she social distanced during the meal, others would not. However, I didn't see her employ this defense so I'll consider it hypocrisy.

 

Information on the dining after voting issue is at this site.

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