It’s totally unreasonable to assume conservatism is the exclusive domain of selfish and short-sighted people. A person who votes the same way as you can still be a mess personally.
There are a lot of liberals who are only liberal because they find a sense of moral superiority from it. It lets them speak rudely to anyone they disagree with, because those are “bad people” so it’s not actually bad to be unkind to them.
That kind of self justification of cruelty is a lot of the attraction of most extremist movements, whether it be political, religious, or social. So many people want to be cruel but can’t bear to see themselves as a bad person, so we give ourselves excuses.
I have yet to find a team without resentful morons on it. It may just be part of the human condition.
It’s easier to see the faults in those we already disagree with, and forgive those who are “on our side”. What’s an “unforgivable violation” is a “tragic forgivable character flaw” in someone you already support; “after all they are doing so much good”. You can see some really extreme versions of this line of thought recently.
Lol, you think this is a team sports thing. It’s a resentful human thing, which is mostly just a human thing
Yes, is totally unreasonable to think that a selfish and short sighted person would be conservative.
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It’s totally unreasonable to assume conservatism is the exclusive domain of selfish and short-sighted people. A person who votes the same way as you can still be a mess personally.
NoT AlL cOnSeRvAtIvEs.
We’re talking patterns, not laws.
There are a lot of liberals who are only liberal because they find a sense of moral superiority from it. It lets them speak rudely to anyone they disagree with, because those are “bad people” so it’s not actually bad to be unkind to them.
That kind of self justification of cruelty is a lot of the attraction of most extremist movements, whether it be political, religious, or social. So many people want to be cruel but can’t bear to see themselves as a bad person, so we give ourselves excuses.
If anything, I said NoT AlL lIbErAlS…?
And which team do the resentful morons
get tricked intopick?I’ll give you two guesses, and the first one doesn’t count
I have yet to find a team without resentful morons on it. It may just be part of the human condition.
It’s easier to see the faults in those we already disagree with, and forgive those who are “on our side”. What’s an “unforgivable violation” is a “tragic forgivable character flaw” in someone you already support; “after all they are doing so much good”. You can see some really extreme versions of this line of thought recently.
Nazis are killing kids in cages. Actively, like today. Not sure if that moves the needle for you at all.
It does for me.