Christian conservatives have a tendency think of themselves as more righteous than the rest of us. Many want to foist their morality on the rest of us; not merely by encouraging us to change our private behavior but ramming through legislation that imposes their sometimes twisted morality by the force of law. I read an interesting post over at the Wall of Speech blog recently which suggests that maybe they should focus first and foremost on their own behavior.
The piece cites the following statistics:
Of the twenty-five cities with the lowest rates of violent crime, 62 percent are in ‘blue’ states
and
Of the twenty-five most dangerous cities, 76 percent are in red states.
Of course, red signifies conservative-leaning and blue signifies liberal-leaning.
Additionally:
In fact, three of the five most dangerous cities in the U.S. are in the pious state of Texas. The twelve states with the highest rates of
burglary are red. Twenty-four of the twenty-nine states with the highest rates of theft are red. Of the twenty-two states with the highest rates of murder, seventeen are red.
If Christian conservatives claim to be more moral than the rest of us, then they have a funny way of showing it.
Maybe a reason there is more crime in red states is because red states tend to be poorer.
So conservatives are supposedly tougher on crime, but conservative states have higher crime rates. Conservatives are supposedly friendlier to the common man than the 'elitist' liberals and progressives, but conservative states have lower median incomes.
Makes you wonder when conventional wisdom is going to catch up with reality.
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