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Alamuti Lotus

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5. It's called "hypocrisy", have you heard of it?

Reply to SomethingFishy (Original post)

Fri Sep 27, 2013, 02:31 AM

Sep 2013

It's one of the great American values--that old "say one thing"/"do something different" gag that works both ways, whenever a person needs to adjust the outward manifestation of their "principles" in the face of new information or events. In most people, there's not even any logical disconnect anymore in its frequent (often contradictory) application, because they have no principles.

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So why is it that when Republicans see a few "bad apples" [View all] SomethingFishy Sep 2013 OP

It's because they aren't reacting to the presence of "bad apples". winter is coming Sep 2013 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author krhines Sep 2013 #2

It seems to standard operating procedure for the GOP liberal N proud Sep 2013 #3

Excellent point gopiscrap Sep 2013 #4

It's called "hypocrisy", have you heard of it? Alamuti Lotus Sep 2013 #5

Its our human nature to filter out any evidence that doesn't support our beliefs IronLionZion Sep 2013 #6