Did you read the evisceration of newly anointed saint Jo Cox by Francis Carr Begbie at the Occidental Observer? If not please do. I was struck in particular by her grotesque hypocrisy in travelling all the way to Darfur to comfort rape victims there (to the accompaniment of whirring cameras) while studiously avoiding the epidemic of paedophile rape by Muslim voters in her own constituency.
Her case underlined the happy position of those on whom the sobriquet 'Moral Crusader' has been conferred. Being a Moral Crusader is a great gig in that you get the best of all worlds, public acclaim and a luxurious lifestyle simply for self-righteously calling on others to meet the moral standards that you have defined....for them. You travel extensively. And you travel expensively. Best of all you never have to get down and dirty, as in spending a year digging trenches in Africa, or - Heaven forfend! - dipping into your own pocket. No, forking out money is a task you 'call on' others to do. As Bono and St. Bob Geldoff will testify.
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In fact Ireland seems to have a glut of such MCs. Ex-President (part human, part lizard, part nodding donkey) Mary Robinson has strutted and preened at the summit of the Moral High Ground since jumping on the bandwagon in her twenties. And she's lived high on the hog since then, jetting First Class to the four corners of the earth to cajole others and collect one 'Human Rights' prize after another.
Mrs. Robinson has called on faith leaders to "speak out" on climate change and social justice. Her address at a recent conference on climate justice at the University of Maynooth was a virtual taxonomy of Moral Crusader platitudes. “It would be good to have faith leaders of different denominations and religions speak out on climate and justice… We need more dialogue, more conversation … it is moral voices that are going to be needed a lot to achieve a human-centred approach, safeguarding the rights of the most vulnerable and sharing the burdens and benefits of climate change equitably and fairly. It provides the moral imperative to act so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.”
Her case underlined the happy position of those on whom the sobriquet 'Moral Crusader' has been conferred. Being a Moral Crusader is a great gig in that you get the best of all worlds, public acclaim and a luxurious lifestyle simply for self-righteously calling on others to meet the moral standards that you have defined....for them. You travel extensively. And you travel expensively. Best of all you never have to get down and dirty, as in spending a year digging trenches in Africa, or - Heaven forfend! - dipping into your own pocket. No, forking out money is a task you 'call on' others to do. As Bono and St. Bob Geldoff will testify.
In fact Ireland seems to have a glut of such MCs. Ex-President (part human, part lizard, part nodding donkey) Mary Robinson has strutted and preened at the summit of the Moral High Ground since jumping on the bandwagon in her twenties. And she's lived high on the hog since then, jetting First Class to the four corners of the earth to cajole others and collect one 'Human Rights' prize after another.
Mrs. Robinson has called on faith leaders to "speak out" on climate change and social justice. Her address at a recent conference on climate justice at the University of Maynooth was a virtual taxonomy of Moral Crusader platitudes. “It would be good to have faith leaders of different denominations and religions speak out on climate and justice… We need more dialogue, more conversation … it is moral voices that are going to be needed a lot to achieve a human-centred approach, safeguarding the rights of the most vulnerable and sharing the burdens and benefits of climate change equitably and fairly. It provides the moral imperative to act so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.”
At which point her retinue of flunkies whisked her off in a chauffeur-driven limousine to her 5 Star luxury hotel. There to quaff the finest wines and gorge on whatever else took her fancy, irrespective of the cost.
Ireland's current President Michael D Higgins is yet another Moral Crusader. Le Monde published a glowing tribute to “Ireland’s poet-president”, praising his erudition and moral courage in challenging conventional thinking on social justice and climate change. And you have to laugh at the last bit because the one thing Moral Crusaders are not doing is challenging conventional thinking. No. They've jumped on the globalist multicultural bandwagon which they support by rigidly parroting the prevailing orthodoxies as per Robinson's speech above. They're every bit as unquestioningly conventional in their own way as were the traditional Irish Catholics whom they mock today.
The blatant contradictions (or hypocrisy to be more accurate) of their views and actions never intrude on their happy lives. For instance Michael D and his entourage recently flew off in the Government jet (cost: €25,000 per day and trailing the CO2 equivalent of a medium-sized Africa country) to a massive international conference aimed at........ eliminating world hunger and global warming. He's now using the same transport to jet off to all of Ireland's matches in the Euro Championships.
All of which leaves me asking...why the hell didn't I get into this moral crusading business years ago?