re: #182 Sharmuta

I believe now that all the years we’ve watched the left act like fools was actually creating a sort of jealousy in some. They want to behave the same way because thinking seriously about civic issues is, you know, work. Why put up with that when you can be as bad as you want to be by claiming tu quoque?

There’s certainly been a lot of that behavior.

There is a certain appeal to believing these things. It’s almost a belief system; a person can know the facts without ever having to actually face any. It frees them to vent, or feel better about themselves, or whatever. But it’s dangerous. Once you start down the road of self-delusion, it’s hard to get off of it.