Sign of a dysfunctional culture to even pretend to wonder why ppl are more sensitive about their customs than their crimes! https://twitter.com/ebruenig/status/1046970160576368640 …
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You expect praise or, at least, indifferent innocence for observing them When they are under attack (by weirdos or charlatans) you strike back!
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This isn’t necessarily a part of a deliberate “defense”; it’s just how the logical response to undeserved criticism escalates when what’s criticized is *100% innocuous*
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When the criticism is spot-on, then you don’t escalate because you don’t even dispute it
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Maybe you offer some extenuation, some context, some rationalization; but at some level you screwed up and the best thing you can do is at least show you know when you’re in the wrong
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“if you *really* were confident, you wouldn’t defend yourself against insults and criticism” - wrong... a lie peddled by con-men who can’t even con you without your cooperation
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It’s like something out of the “Protocols of the Elders of Hoboken” — “Please help us help you by spreading one of the following five devious slanders about yourself:”
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