On Nov 3, 2006, at 12:44 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> Doug:
>
>> http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/03/haggard.allegations/index.html
>>
>
> I've said this before, and it seems to get truer all the time: it's
> as if it's a condition of possibility for being a high-profile fundie
> that you have a secret life.
>
>
> [WS:] Is it not what the Freudians called "reaction formation?"
> Your id
> desires something but your super ego says it is morally wrong, so
> you form a
> reaction that satisfies both the id and the super-ego: hostile
> fixation with
> the object of you desires. This way, you can have it both ways.
> You are au
> currant with the conventional morality, better yet, you appear to be a
> staunch and valiant defender of it. At the same time you are in a
> close
> proximity to the dark sphere of your id desires.
Yup, there's that, which is also what Michael Smith said. But I suspect that it's also impossible for most people to live the upright lives the fundies demand, so they just need an outlet.