Shame on us

As more salacious images fall out of the closet of Rep. Anthony Weiner, I am reminded of something that strikes me every time another one of these tempests in a tea pot breaks out.


We have lost our ability to be shamed.


When something this embarrassing happens, we don’t go away, we go public. We don’t crawl under a rock; we crawl onto Oprah. We don’t have the decency to shun the limelight, we instead hold a press conference. And then, of course, go into rehab.


Weiner (yes, I still can’t believe a guy with that last name finds himself in this predicament) over the weekend decided to seek treatment to “become a better person.”


You can read the latest on his saga here.


Sounds like a good idea. All of us could be better people.


Fortunately, not all of us are sending out pictures of ourself and various parts of our body via the Internet and sundry social media outlets. Even if at times it seems like everyone is.


That said, Weiner continues to dig in his heels, if not his more famous body part, fending off calls for his resignation.


The truth is no one can force him out. Only the voters can do that, and early polling from his New York district shows surprising support for the Democratic congressman.


Like I said, there is no such thing as shame anymore.



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