Note to people from other countries and maybe sophisticated urban environments, I dunno: "Fair and Square" does not have anything to do with the "just and equitable" meaning of the word "fair."
let me devil's advocate for a minute though. the critique is often about the existence of systems where the only notion of "fair and square" is one with a huge systemic bias built-in as with the blindfolded boxer. the complaint is about lack of alternatives.
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Then the correct response is that the rules are unacceptable. Which is quite often true.
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The time to do that is *before the game begins.* For instance, consider the late unpleasantness. When HRC was assumed by nearly everyone to be the winner in all but name months before the election was even held, I didn't hear any bitching about the Electoral College.
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If you don't complain about the rules until it's clear that they are going to make you lose, you lose the moral authority to claim that your opponent did not win fair and square.
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disagree. it makes you a hypocrite, which is considered an unpleasant character flaw sometimes, but it has no real bearing on the moral claim.
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Hypocrites do not have the moral authority to complain about things they are being hypocritical about in my opinion.
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sure they do, you just are less receptive to it because you're turned off by their hypocrisy. if they're correct about the critique though, the fact that they've been venal or opportunistic in the past doesn't negate their correct critique.
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I didn't say it did. I said they lack moral authority. I used that phrase consciously, purposefully, and intentionally.
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I think you're using your notion of moral authority as grounds for censorship then. "lacks moral authority" under your usage means "should not speak about this" which I disagree with. they should speak, and if confronted with their past inconsistency, should reconcile too.
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