threeoranges (![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} threeoranges) wrote, |
Re: OH yes.
If he did it on purpose, it's such a classic move to make when you're trying for a power grab in a group setting (or trying to make the most powerful person in the room look bad). It's the sort of thing...people do in modern political campaigns. "Barak Obama *says* he cares about the poor but we have pictures of Michelle eating in decent restaurants and getting her nails done."
"And we have pictures of Cindy dropping $20,000 on a pair of earrings. Admit it, doesn't the Republicans care jack about the poor?"
"Well... No we don't, but at least we're HONEST about our heartlessness!"
*sigh* Because if anyone allows themselves the least little indulgence, any subsequent claim to care about the disadvantaged can be easily written off as "hypocrisy". Only people who give every single thing they have to charity can be allowed to care about the poor without being accused of hypocrisy.
And people often buy this line of argument. Why are people so dumb sometimes?
No one can make their mind up on Judas. I mean, the whole subtext of the scene changes depending on what he meant by that. And not enough people spend time really asking themselves that, they seem to think the whole scene is about how we treat poor people.
I suppose it's noteworthy that those who think that scene is "about how we treat poor people" are using it to do the same thing Judas was doing - i.e. attempting to undermine Jesus' authority and show him as something He wasn't.
If he did it on purpose, it's such a classic move to make when you're trying for a power grab in a group setting (or trying to make the most powerful person in the room look bad). It's the sort of thing...people do in modern political campaigns. "Barak Obama *says* he cares about the poor but we have pictures of Michelle eating in decent restaurants and getting her nails done."
"And we have pictures of Cindy dropping $20,000 on a pair of earrings. Admit it, doesn't the Republicans care jack about the poor?"
"Well... No we don't, but at least we're HONEST about our heartlessness!"
*sigh* Because if anyone allows themselves the least little indulgence, any subsequent claim to care about the disadvantaged can be easily written off as "hypocrisy". Only people who give every single thing they have to charity can be allowed to care about the poor without being accused of hypocrisy.
And people often buy this line of argument. Why are people so dumb sometimes?
No one can make their mind up on Judas. I mean, the whole subtext of the scene changes depending on what he meant by that. And not enough people spend time really asking themselves that, they seem to think the whole scene is about how we treat poor people.
I suppose it's noteworthy that those who think that scene is "about how we treat poor people" are using it to do the same thing Judas was doing - i.e. attempting to undermine Jesus' authority and show him as something He wasn't.