PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:
Yeah, and one sees the same reaction from non-righties when a righty enacts righty policy.
Well I think there is a qualitative difference in that a growing segment of the
mainstream right embraces and celebrates this kind of "Cherry-bomb" behaviour. You really don't see that kind of attitude in the mainstream left, only on the radical fringes of the left, like G20 protesters, etc.
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I just find it sad that the right and left both piss and moan at each other for doing the same shit they do/did themselves.
The only group with shorter memories than the Canadian voter are Canadian politicians. Although I firmly believe it's a very selective memory loss.
No argument there, but that is unfortunately a fundamental characteristic of human behaviour. It is known as Fundamental Attribution Error, a phenomenon where an individual excuses or justifies his or her own behaviour while condemning others who do the exact same thing. It affects not only the way we interpret day-to-day behaviour but also politics, history and our understanding of the world For example, when we speed down the highway and weave in and out of traffic, its because we are in a hurry and the speed limits are too low. If we get pulled over, we ask if the police have better things to do than to harass good citizens. When we see others doing this, its because they are reckless and we hope they get caught. We also like to think of our own ancestors as "brave explorers" who "tamed foreign lands," while we claim that others were "bloodthirsty conquerors" who slaughtered millions. Human beings are naturally self-serving hypocrites willing to bend the truth and apply selective judgment whenever its convenient. That's why I'm not a big believer in a lot of "direct democracy" and politicians who pander to populist "everyman" sentiments, but I'll admit that I don't have a perfect solution either.
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