Comment by ldjkfkdsjnv
2 days ago
Yup. Anytime someone keeps advertising some trait, its probably a cover up. They might not even be aware of it.
2 days ago
Yup. Anytime someone keeps advertising some trait, its probably a cover up. They might not even be aware of it.
Perhaps they are subconsciously aware of it. That is why they have to go around muttering affirmations to the contrary.
Some of the worst behavior ive seen in my life has been done by devout catholics. who themselves cant see the consequences of their actions. and im not knocking religion, i just had to live alot of life to start being alarmed by outspoken moralists.
> Some of the worst behavior ive seen in my life has been done by devout catholics.
Those same "devout Catholics" can also be found identifying as secular "progressives" or whatever other word is trendy and evokes implications of moral superiority and righteousness. The religions and pantheons may differ but the core psychological mechanisms are the same.
The devout Catholic knows all the canned responses and hymns by rote, but only when the priest is there to prompt him; he forgets his moral code the second he has stood up from the pews.
Analogously the secular progressive will eagerly output all the tokens expected of a "good person" when adequately prompted with contemporary inclusive language; yet they don't appear to be able to keep to their principles in other environments when they aren't being supplied with the exact same context and tokens.
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