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Standing on that pedistal is now a killer to your career if you fall off.
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When you take someone who contributes nothing but muscle and agility and put them on a pedistal and let them get away with anything and pay them for it, you set up a scenario that will inevitably bite you on the ass.
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Oh and P.S. Just as people believe that M.J. is a pervert or molester, wierd, a freak or whatever, so are some of these soldiers who we put on a pedistal b/c they served our country, teachers, firefighters and police officers.
Congressman Peter King Defends Michael Jackson “Pervert” Rant 2009
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But when you put yourself up on a "morals pedistal" and call for others like Bill Clinton and Larry Craig to resign when they did the exact same thing, but then you wont, then you are nothing but a HYPOCRITE!
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The right puts them on a pedistal and acts as if thier crazies are something to aspire to.
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You were NOT put on some high moral pedistal by GOD to tell us how we need to act.
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We can justify ourselves to ourselves by noting that we never descended to their level, but it won't help the innocent dead anymore than it's helped anybody else who died while we stood by on our pedistal of morality.
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That "family values" pedistal grew and grew and grew.
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We put the bullies on a pedistal and act shocked when someone they have been abusing starts killing them.
Think Progress » The Right-Wing, Pro-Business Advocacy Ad That Went Unnoticed During The Super Bowl 2010
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But then again they aren't standing on that pedistal either.
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