GP maybe could have phrased it a bit more clearly, but I think what they meant wasn't "moral pedestal" but "moral standard". One example that jumps to mind for

GP maybe could have phrased it a bit more clearly, but I think what they meant wasn't "moral pedestal" but "moral standard". One example that jumps to mind for me is when I heard about teachers in my school district as a kid being in trouble for having pictures of them posted on social media by friends at a party where they happened to be holding drinks in plastic cups. Never mind that they were well above the legal drinking age, were not on the clock, or the fact that there wasn't any actual proof that the cups even _contained_ alcohol; being in a situation where someone else could post a picture of them drinking something they can't _prove_ isn't alcohol was apparently considered a "bad example" for students and required discussion to determine if it was disqualifying.