One last grump post before I search for some sort of caffeine:
People will often ignore the truth, or the pursuit of it, over something easy to digest that aligns with their beliefs and prejudices. No individual is safe from this potential mistake - no ideology is so sound that it is rendered totally immune.
To call out the errors of others, while making the same errors in your own space, is quite literally the definition of a hypocrite.
Isn't hypocrisy still a bad example to set?
@tyote: Usually the responses I've gotten over the years and still get for that questions are variants or mixtures of:
"I just get so ANGRY,"
"Well, SOMEBODY'S got to do SOMETHING,"
"What's good for the goose is good for the gander," and
"All's fair in love and war."
They also usually say, "But we're the GOOD GUYS," and/or "Once we WIN, everything'll be fine, and there won't be a need for ANYONE to be that way."
Same old same old.
@thedisasterautist It gets old, really quick. I've seen all those same examples. People forget, "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind," and it does seem lots of folks are fumbling in the dark these days.
Anyone can spout some cliche to excuse their ignorance, but if you follow the argument through to the end, it's not backed by fact.
Not prepared to argue what you feel is true without virtue signaling or making an emotional argument? Maybe you should study more and sit that one out!
@tyote: They do love to quote Ghandi, MLKJ, Buddha, and such about peace, honesty, etc. as well. It's all rhetoric, sophistry, verbal legerdemain. They behave the ways they choose to. It's what people/mammals do.
Using the hypocrisy of your ideological adversary as an excuse to perform the same actions you chastise them for doesn't do anything but drag you down to their level, and open you up to the same criticisms and lack of due respect - maybe more so, if you truly believe you're on the "good" side. It's falling prey to a sort of dark, or negative, empathy.
Pardon the intrusion. Enjoy the Concussion Bowl and the overpriced ads. I type any more and this turns into a Bill Hicks set. Coffee please?!