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humanodon  ·  4237 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I am a vigilante

Who's to say that public shaming will work? There are assholes who would wear that sticker with pride.





ErisHeiress  ·  4237 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Who said it would work? I just think unrepentant assholes deserve to be publicly shamed.

wilson  ·  4236 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't think we're dealing with unrepentant assholes here. We're dealing with inconsiderate idiots. "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." I know I've hurt people out of stupidity my share of times.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux once said the the cardinal virtues are "humility, humility, and humility." When we see bad things in the world, we should try to correct them, but we shouldn't automatically assume that the people doing the bad things are always bad people. That is, unless we're all bad people too?

humanodon  ·  4237 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good for you.