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Avianthro's avatar

Nailed it! People rationalize away what they don't want to see as evil, and that's always easiest when the evil is inflicted on a "them". We humans are the greatest liars (rationalizers).

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Patricia's avatar

Indeed Avianthro,

Aren’t we?

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Avianthro's avatar

Yes indeed Patricia, that old Billy Joel song about honesty being so hard to find sure was the truth, and it even applies, or shall we say that it most especially applies to honesty with ourselves too.

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