Sanctimonious - making a show of being morally superior to other people

[uponit7771]

sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous
ˌ/saNG(k)təˈmōnēəs

adjective: derogatory
adjective: sanctimonious

making a show of being morally superior to other people.

examples

"no one wants to hear your sanctimonious hot air"

"what happened to all the sanctimonious talk about putting his family first?"

or

"My left wing candidate is much much more progressive than your left wing candidate"

Origin

synonyms: self-righteous, holier-than-thou, pious, pietistic, churchy, moralizing, preachy, smug, superior, priggish, hypocritical, insincere; informalgoody-goody

[dchill]

1. Wow! A whole thread about ME!!!

Thanks!!!!

I'm SERIES!!!

[insta8er]

2. Hahahahhhaa...pot, kettle....It should be, mine is more corrupt then yours, so I try to paint yours

as corrupt too...because with the limited attention span some people have I might actually pull that one off.

[insta8er]

3. Meanwhile invoking the Race Card, the Gender card and the Victim card..all the while claiming

oppression from the other side.

[uponit7771]

4. Sanders camp should stop all that and complaining and run a progressive movement then no? tia

[insta8er]

5. So who appointed you the ruler of the democrats?

[uponit7771]

6. The same sanctimonious people who think Sanders not being selected is the end of the left?

[insta8er]

8. When did that election happen? When did you run?

[uponit7771]

11. It happened when Sanders claimed to be the progressive Standard for the left and everyone else loved

... Hitler

[insta8er]

15. Sorry man, you have issues..comparing anyone in this race to Hitler? whats wrong with you?

[JaneyVee]

12. Who appointed Bernie gatekeeper of "progressive"?

All those purity tests dont sound very open minded or inclusive.

[insta8er]

16. You did, when you said that since he was not a democrat he was not pure enough.

[insta8er]

9. Did you get a crown or a tiara? did you have a running mate?

[uponit7771]

10. Yeap, from the same people who think Clinton is Satan and Sanders is a saint who had a "meeting"

... with the pope...lol... sigh

[insta8er]

18. Facts and lies intertwined does not make a truth, it is a classic spiel used by some of the greatest

liars in the world.

[dchill]

7. A hard rain's gonna fall.

[2banon]

13. I heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'

Prescient or not, this particular piece is still an amazing, timeless testimony to Dylan's poetic genius and insight.

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
And where have you been my darling young one?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

Oh, what did you see, my blue eyed son?
And what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin'
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin'
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin'
I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin'
I heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin'
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

Oh, what did you meet my blue-eyed son ?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
I met one man who was wounded in love
I met another man who was wounded in hatred
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

And what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
And what'll you do now my darling young one?
I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin'
I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest
Where the people are a many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
And the executioner's face is always well hidden
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
Where black is the color, where none is the number
And I'll tell and speak it and think it and breathe it
And reflect from the mountain so all souls can see it
And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin'
But I'll know my song well before I start singing
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

[dchill]

17. Yes.

[2banon]

14. And the executioner's face is always well hidden Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten

so many brilliant lines in this piece.

[dchill]

20. I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin'

I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world

Prescient poetry.

[2banon]

23. I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken

I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children

Indeed, thanks for posting Dylan's Hard Rain, it's the perfect metaphor and response to this OP.

[99Forever]

19. People who AREN'T warmongers ARE morally superior to those that are.

Actual progressives know this.

[oasis]

21. I'm With Her. Over the years, I've likely done more for

the Democratic Party than any one of the Bernie 85% at DU.

I am certain Hillary has done way more.

[Orsino]

22. Progressive: striving for actual moral superiority. n/t

[TCJ70]

24. From the guy who does nothing but...

...post the same things over and over again. Come on, tell me about Cornel West again...please? Or, how about you try to blame Bernie for Sandy Hook. I know you have the material. Tell me how awful Sanders is...again. No one who has been as anti-[whichever candidate] as you has any place chiding anyone for being sanctimonious.

[Avalux]

25. So you're describing yourself?

I guess some people are able to be introspective during the primary season - good for you!

[Skwmom]

26. You might want to try another approach. Sanctimonious is often used by people to try to

detract from their own wrongdoing.

[mmonk]

27. When progressives can get as much compromise

as the crazy Republican Party, get back with me. That's all we've been wondering.

[peace13]

28. People who care about back door deals made with a government employee ...

...don't have to be sanctimonious to be allowed to look at the evidence. To hear the story. There is right and wrong. Just because * and Cheney got away with it doesn't mean that that has to be the way forward.

Like it or not back room deals that include arms sales and donations to private foundations are important things to know.